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Linen fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
4th–6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Linen with looped weft
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 20.5 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James T. Fields
Accession Number91.53
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionA piece of natural-colored linen fabric, of looped weaving, undecorated. Given to donor by Miss Amelia B. Edwards and marked by her "From the Cemetery of Hawara in the Fayûm". "Internment in this cemetery was from 400 B.C. - 150 A.D." Probably part of the garment that 89.247 belonged to.