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Title	Border
Publication Place	Akhmim (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 34in, Width: 7in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	350-1887
Record ID	350-1887
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Border (incomplete) of a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wools and undyed linen thread. Along the top is a jewelled band, with a floral festoon below. Within three of the intervening spaces are baskets of fruit with birds on either side; the fourth contains a jewelled cross with a human head in each angle formed by the arms, and a bird on either side. cf: heads on the lids of sarcophagi.
Sample Text	Transliteration,
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Border (incomplete) of a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wools and undyed linen thread. Along the top is a jewelled band, with a floral festoon below. Within three of the intervening spaces are baskets of fruit with birds on either side; the fourth contains a jewelled cross with a human head in each angle formed by the arms, and a bird on either side. cf: heads on the lids of sarcophagi.

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Border

Publication Place Akhmim (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 34in, Width: 7in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 350-1887

Record ID 350-1887

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Border (incomplete) of a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wools and undyed linen thread. Along the top is a jewelled band, with a floral festoon below. Within three of the intervening spaces are baskets of fruit with birds on either side; the fourth contains a jewelled cross with a human head in each angle formed by the arms, and a bird on either side. cf: heads on the lids of sarcophagi.

Sample Text Transliteration,

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen Wool Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Border (incomplete) of a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wools and undyed linen thread. Along the top is a jewelled band, with a floral festoon below. Within three of the intervening spaces are baskets of fruit with birds on either side; the fourth contains a jewelled cross with a human head in each angle formed by the arms, and a bird on either side. cf: heads on the lids of sarcophagi.