Publication Date
1903
Publication Place
Cairo (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
D.967-1904
Record ID
D.967-1904
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1903
Notes
Watercolour reproduction of tapestry woven linen of Amenhotep II in Cairo Museum, by W.G. Thompson, c.1903-4
Sample Text
Royal epithet and prenomen Transliteration nTr nfr nb xa.w Aa-kheperu-Re Translation The good God, lord of appearances, "Great-Are-The-Manifestations-of-Ra"
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Watercolour illustration
Fiziksel açıklama
Watercolour illustration of a fragment of a tapestry woven textile, showing the complete width. Decoration is created in slit-tapestry weaving in blue, green, red and yellow coloured linen threads. The left selvedged border displays a pattern of alternating flowers and buds, and the right border a double row of alternating semicircles. Within this is a heiroglyphic inscription including a royal name in a cartouche flanked by a pair of uraei , and eight rows of alternating lotus flowers and papyrus umbels. The selvedged borders are sen on in satin stitch.
