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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#0181
NAQLUN
EGYPT
shoulder. On this piece, 43.5 cm from the
edge of the tunic, a band of decoration
appeared, 2.0 cm wide, embroidered in
black silk thread, most of which has
crumbled away, making it impossible to
reconstruct the pattern. Another orna-
mental band consisting of five thin stripes,
0.1 cm wide, appeared 20.0 cm away from
this band. The bottom part of the tunic is
currently in poor condition, but it seems
that the fabric had been of one length, slit
at the bottom to make an opening for the
feet.
Tunic Nd.02.304 from T. 311, although
not fully preserved, garners interest in view
of the special treatment of the side seams.
The piece, basted together from several
gores, was 167.0 cm wide and of
indeterminable length. The sides had not
been sown together, but the bottom edge in
both corners had been stitched together for
a length of 21.0 cm, apparently in order to
avoid, for example, the two sides floating
freely in the wind.
The same concept applied to Nd.02.243
(Fig. 3) from burial T. 316. The sides of the
tunic were 123.0 cm long, but at the center
it measured 132.0 cm; the width at the bot-
tom was 171.0 cm, growing to 180.0 cm at
the top. The sides were stitched together
only for about 37.0 cm from the bottom
corners. The bottom edge is slightly
rounded in outline giving a longer front
and back in the center, thanks to which the
owner could let his arms drop alongside his
body without having the corners of the
tunic drag over the ground.
The third type of tunic represented
among the textile finds of the most recent
season, as well as of previous ones, was a form
closely resembling the modern galabiyah:
Nd.02.099, Nd.02.189, Nd.02.213, Nd.02.328
Fig. 3■ Tunic Nd.02.243 from burial T. 316
(Drawing B. Czaja-Szewczak)
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EGYPT
shoulder. On this piece, 43.5 cm from the
edge of the tunic, a band of decoration
appeared, 2.0 cm wide, embroidered in
black silk thread, most of which has
crumbled away, making it impossible to
reconstruct the pattern. Another orna-
mental band consisting of five thin stripes,
0.1 cm wide, appeared 20.0 cm away from
this band. The bottom part of the tunic is
currently in poor condition, but it seems
that the fabric had been of one length, slit
at the bottom to make an opening for the
feet.
Tunic Nd.02.304 from T. 311, although
not fully preserved, garners interest in view
of the special treatment of the side seams.
The piece, basted together from several
gores, was 167.0 cm wide and of
indeterminable length. The sides had not
been sown together, but the bottom edge in
both corners had been stitched together for
a length of 21.0 cm, apparently in order to
avoid, for example, the two sides floating
freely in the wind.
The same concept applied to Nd.02.243
(Fig. 3) from burial T. 316. The sides of the
tunic were 123.0 cm long, but at the center
it measured 132.0 cm; the width at the bot-
tom was 171.0 cm, growing to 180.0 cm at
the top. The sides were stitched together
only for about 37.0 cm from the bottom
corners. The bottom edge is slightly
rounded in outline giving a longer front
and back in the center, thanks to which the
owner could let his arms drop alongside his
body without having the corners of the
tunic drag over the ground.
The third type of tunic represented
among the textile finds of the most recent
season, as well as of previous ones, was a form
closely resembling the modern galabiyah:
Nd.02.099, Nd.02.189, Nd.02.213, Nd.02.328
Fig. 3■ Tunic Nd.02.243 from burial T. 316
(Drawing B. Czaja-Szewczak)
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