HYPOCEPHALUS

HYPOCEPHALUS




LINEN

Plaster

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD




Raven, M. J., De Dodencultus van het Oude Egypte, Amsterdam 1992, 71, nr. 28.

Schneider, H. D., Life and Death under the Pharaohs, Perth 1997, nr. 229b.










FUNERARY TEXT:  BOOK OF THE DEAD




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cloth

CLOTH/SHROUD

LINEN

WOVEN

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

't Hooft, Ph. P. M., Raven, M. J., Rooij, E. H. C. van, en G. M. Vogelsang-Eastwood, Pharaonic and Early Medieval Egyptian textiles, in: Collections of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden 8, Leiden 1994, nr. 150.

Raven, M. J., Mummies onder het mes, Amsterdam 1993, 40-41, 60-61.

Schneider, H. D., Life and Death under the Pharaohs, Perth 1997, nr. 204.

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SPINDLE WHORL

SPINDLE WHORL

WOOD

This wooden spindle was found, together with three similar objects, in the tomb of the 'embroideress' at Antinoopolis during the excavations led by A. Gayet. The instrument served to spin linen or wool. The bottom of the disk has been flattened, while the top shows a curve. It is possible that the disk once held a hook which guided the thread.

EL-SHEIKH `ABADA/ANTINOOPOLIS

ROMAN PERIOD

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Inventory number E.1031A

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Sock of a child

Sock of a child

WOOL

This child's sock was made using the same technique as similar pieces in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. All of them date to the fourth to fifth centuries. The Brussels piece has been made with a separate section for the big toe to encompass a sandal strap.

EL-SHEIKH `ABADA/ANTINOOPOLIS

GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD: BYZANTINE PERIOD

M. Rassart-Debergh (Éd.), Arts tardifs et chrétiens d'Égypte (Exposition Louvain-la-Neuve ), Le Monde Copte 14-15 (1988) 36-37 nº 52

J.-Ch. Balty, e.a., Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, Oudheid - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles, Antiquité - The Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Antiquity, Bruxelles 1988, 49

Keizers aan de Nijl (Exposition Tongres), Louvain 1999, 224 nº 135

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