Linen


Hilton Price Number
HP51
Object Type
Soft furnishings/textiles
Material
Fibre/textile (from plants and animals) (Flax)
Provenance
Egypt, Thebes/Luxor
Measurements
10 feet, 6 inches | 3 feet, 5 inches
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian

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Description

Linen; a large piece of fine flax linen, which does not appear to have been used, as several other large pieces were found in the same place. This may have formed part of the stock-in-trade of the undertaker; it has a fringe and a mark which is illegible. 10 ft. 6 in. | 3 ft. 5 in. Given by the Rev. Canon Greenwell, F.R.S. Thebes.

Bibliography

Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.

Last modified: 28 Jul 2021
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