Textile
- Accession Number
- EC762
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Clothing
- Periods
- Byzantine Period to Islamic Period
- Materials
- Fibre/textile (from plants and animals) (Flax) | Textile/fibres (Linen) | Textile/fibres (Wool)
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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please contact the Egypt Centre.
- Description
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'Coptic' textile showing pomegranates. This probably dates to after 500 AD. See Pritchard, F. 2004 'Clothing Culture. Dress in Egypt in the First millennium AD. Clothing from Egypt in the collection of The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester.' Manchester. The piece has been sewn onto ancient linen in modern times.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
