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Sprang

Title	Sprang
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	300
Publication Place	Hawara (found) -
Subject	Archaeology Africa Textiles Hats & Headwear
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 4.7cm, Height: 3.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.230-1977
Record ID	T.230-1977
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	300
Notes	This fragment of striped blue and burgundy wool sprang is said to have been found at Hawara. Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayum oasis. William Flinders Petrie, the father of English Egyptology, excavated at Hawara in 1888 and 1889, where he discovered cemeteries that had been used from the Ptolemaic period until at least the sixth century AD.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool in sprang technique Wool Sprang
Fiziksel açıklama	Striped wool in black and burgundy sprang with an openwork structure, mounted on card, most likely from a hairnet. S-spun wool. Possibly from the same piece as T.228-1977.

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Sprang

Author Unknown

Publication Date 300

Publication Place Hawara (found) -

Subject Archaeology Africa Textiles Hats & Headwear

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 4.7cm, Height: 3.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.230-1977

Record ID T.230-1977

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 300

Notes This fragment of striped blue and burgundy wool sprang is said to have been found at Hawara. Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayum oasis. William Flinders Petrie, the father of English Egyptology, excavated at Hawara in 1888 and 1889, where he discovered cemeteries that had been used from the Ptolemaic period until at least the sixth century AD.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool in sprang technique Wool Sprang

Fiziksel açıklama Striped wool in black and burgundy sprang with an openwork structure, mounted on card, most likely from a hairnet. S-spun wool. Possibly from the same piece as T.228-1977.