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Egypt
DOI article:Czaja-Szewczak, Barbara: Burial tunics from Naqlun
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41370#0180
NAQLUN
EGYPT
dyed with the same pigment and
undecorated; both were also used in
a typical fashion in the tomb. What dif-
ferentiates them is their shape. Nd.02.175
(cf. Fig. 1) exemplifies the bag-shaped
type,4) 137.0 cm long and 126.0 cm wide,
with slits for the arms and neck left open in
the seams of the woolen fabric. Nd.02.179
(Fig. 2) was a long-sleeved tunica inconsutilis
with an oval neckline, the garment
measuring 113.0 cm in length and
140.0 cm at the bottom; each sleeve was
100 cm long. The body of the tunic was
made of three gores of fabric sown together
to form a rectangle. The sleeves were also
rectangular. In the two tombs the bodies of
the dead were dressed in linen tunics of
evidently burial character (see below).
Bag-shaped tunics made of linen in
plain tabby were found in a number of
tombs this season. Two of them accom-
panied the same burial, T. 232. The outer
tunic, Nd.02.264, has survived in frag-
ments and its full dimensions cannot be
reconstructed. A patch of impregnated
shroud linen was inserted on the left
shoulder of the tunic. This patch was silk-
embroidered with a band 3.3 cm wide,
presenting birds in heraldic position,
separated by schematic images of trees. Two
blue strips, 0.4 cm wide, encased the
ornamental band. The rest of the tunic was
completely plain. The inner tunic,
Nd.02.327, was fully preserved (148.0 cm
long, 185.0 cm wide). It was evidently
a burial garment without any finishing. It
was sown of a few gores of linen basted
together with a running stitch using linen
thread. The side seams were sown together
leaving only slits for the arms. A piece of
impregnated linen of the kind used for
shrouds was patched in on the right
Fig. 2. Tunica inconsutilis type of garment from burial T. 299 (Nd.02.179)
(Drawing B. Czaja-Szewczak)
4) Of identical form is a woolen tunic with band ornament, Nd.00.083, explored from a burial in the Naqlun cemeteries
in 2000. The band is made up of multiple-arm crosses alternating with Coptic inscriptions that presumably mean nothing,
cf.W. Godlewski, PAM XII, Reports 2000 (2001), 160.
178
EGYPT
dyed with the same pigment and
undecorated; both were also used in
a typical fashion in the tomb. What dif-
ferentiates them is their shape. Nd.02.175
(cf. Fig. 1) exemplifies the bag-shaped
type,4) 137.0 cm long and 126.0 cm wide,
with slits for the arms and neck left open in
the seams of the woolen fabric. Nd.02.179
(Fig. 2) was a long-sleeved tunica inconsutilis
with an oval neckline, the garment
measuring 113.0 cm in length and
140.0 cm at the bottom; each sleeve was
100 cm long. The body of the tunic was
made of three gores of fabric sown together
to form a rectangle. The sleeves were also
rectangular. In the two tombs the bodies of
the dead were dressed in linen tunics of
evidently burial character (see below).
Bag-shaped tunics made of linen in
plain tabby were found in a number of
tombs this season. Two of them accom-
panied the same burial, T. 232. The outer
tunic, Nd.02.264, has survived in frag-
ments and its full dimensions cannot be
reconstructed. A patch of impregnated
shroud linen was inserted on the left
shoulder of the tunic. This patch was silk-
embroidered with a band 3.3 cm wide,
presenting birds in heraldic position,
separated by schematic images of trees. Two
blue strips, 0.4 cm wide, encased the
ornamental band. The rest of the tunic was
completely plain. The inner tunic,
Nd.02.327, was fully preserved (148.0 cm
long, 185.0 cm wide). It was evidently
a burial garment without any finishing. It
was sown of a few gores of linen basted
together with a running stitch using linen
thread. The side seams were sown together
leaving only slits for the arms. A piece of
impregnated linen of the kind used for
shrouds was patched in on the right
Fig. 2. Tunica inconsutilis type of garment from burial T. 299 (Nd.02.179)
(Drawing B. Czaja-Szewczak)
4) Of identical form is a woolen tunic with band ornament, Nd.00.083, explored from a burial in the Naqlun cemeteries
in 2000. The band is made up of multiple-arm crosses alternating with Coptic inscriptions that presumably mean nothing,
cf.W. Godlewski, PAM XII, Reports 2000 (2001), 160.
178