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Fragment

5th–7th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueLinen and wool, with looped weft
DimensionsHeight x width: 16 x 15 cm (6 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Amelia B. Edwards
Accession number89.248
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ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDiscovered in 1888 by W. M. F. Petrie in the Greco-Egyptian cemetery of Hawara in the Fayûm. . "The interments in this cemetery were from 400 B.C- 150 A.D." Amelia B. Edwards.
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