Textiles
- Hilton Price Number
- HP64
- Object Types
- Soft furnishings/textiles | Clothing, Garment/dress | Soft furnishings/textiles, Tapestry
- Period
- Late Roman Period
- Dynasty
- Fourth century CE/AD
- Materials
- Fibre/textile (from plants and animals) (Flax) | Textile/fibres (Linen) | Textile/fibres (Wool)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Akhmim
- Measurements
- 24 inches | 5 inches
- Number of Elements
- 3
- Animals
- Duck | Bird
Licensing details
- Description
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Case, containing three pieces of textile fabrics; the first piece is a band of a linen robe of woven tapestry in dark brown, representing a flower and a scroll, which contains two ducks and three flowers; the second piece is a band of linen or yellow flax, with two strips of woven ornament in brown; the third is a band of yellow flax linen with two strips woven in purple wool. At the extremity of the upper strip is a bird, and in the lower a Cupid holding a cup in his hands. 24 in. | 5 in. 4th century a.d. Græco-Roman. See Plate IV. Aḥmîm.
- Bibliography
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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.
- Buyer
- Preston
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Last modified: 05 Mar 2023