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Late Period
Said to be from a mummy, this piece of cloth has a selvage on one edge and a twisted and knotted fringe on the end perpendicular to this. There is a wide blue border and seven blue stripes along the edge with the selvage and the same pattern along the edge with the fringe.
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Title: Piece of cloth
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Date: 664–525 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: 32 × 27.5 cm (12 5/8 × 10 13/16 in.); fringe: 5.5 cm (5.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Accession Number: 90.5.102
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