Shirt


Hilton Price Number
HP61
Object Type
Clothing, Shirt
Period
Byzantine Period
Dynasty
Sixth century CE/AD
Material
Textile/fibres (Wool)
Provenance
Egypt, Lahun
Measurements
20 inches | 15 inches
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian

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Description

A child's woollen Shirt, red, with embroidered bands round the neck and sleeves, rather decayed in front, otherwise a perfect specimen. 20 in. | 15 in. From Prof Flinders Petrie, 1890. 6th century a.d. Kahun.

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.