DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Łyżwa-Piber, Anetta: Mats from the cementery at Naqlun
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41370#0193
NAQLUN
EGYPT
three symmetrical pairs with each rectangle
being 16 cm wide and ranging in height
from 7.5 to 10 cm (Fig. 4). Between the
panels is a brown-colored geometric pattern
consisting of one straight line and another
criss-crossing one parallel to it, inscribed
into a rectangular field 6 cm high and
23 cm wide. The other example, Nd.02.255,
has six pairs of rectangular panels that are
16 cm wide and range in height from 1.5 to
6.5 cm; between them are another five
panels with geometric ornament in the form
of criss-crossing weaving made with an
added plant member of brown and red color
CFig. 5).
Apart from the above mats with
geometrical patterns, there are three others
that feature such an ornament, either singly
or in composition, made of added plant
members of red and brown color woven into
the fabric. These mats are from 1.45 to
1.90 m long and from 0.58 to 0.90 m wide.
The warp/dm2 number is 7 for all three, the
weft/dm2 running from 20 to 24. Mat
Nd.02.035 is decorated with a six-arm
cross-spider, 6 cm high and 12 cm wide
(Fig. 6). The other two mats have
rhomboids and triangles in composition and
a series of oblique lines above and below the
“frame”. The ornamental motif on mat
Nd.02.133 is inscribed in a rectangle 16 by
30 cm in size; the size of a similar rectangle
on mat Nd.02.132 is 18 cm by at least
35 cm.
The double mats are characterized by
an ornamental band in plain weave, which
is a constant 12 cm in width, based on six
passive members, of which the four inside
ones have been doubled. This band serves
to join two narrow mats into one big
Fig. 3■ Decorated mat woven in two-strand technique (Nd. 02.234) from T. 318
(Photo A. Lyzwa-Piber)
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three symmetrical pairs with each rectangle
being 16 cm wide and ranging in height
from 7.5 to 10 cm (Fig. 4). Between the
panels is a brown-colored geometric pattern
consisting of one straight line and another
criss-crossing one parallel to it, inscribed
into a rectangular field 6 cm high and
23 cm wide. The other example, Nd.02.255,
has six pairs of rectangular panels that are
16 cm wide and range in height from 1.5 to
6.5 cm; between them are another five
panels with geometric ornament in the form
of criss-crossing weaving made with an
added plant member of brown and red color
CFig. 5).
Apart from the above mats with
geometrical patterns, there are three others
that feature such an ornament, either singly
or in composition, made of added plant
members of red and brown color woven into
the fabric. These mats are from 1.45 to
1.90 m long and from 0.58 to 0.90 m wide.
The warp/dm2 number is 7 for all three, the
weft/dm2 running from 20 to 24. Mat
Nd.02.035 is decorated with a six-arm
cross-spider, 6 cm high and 12 cm wide
(Fig. 6). The other two mats have
rhomboids and triangles in composition and
a series of oblique lines above and below the
“frame”. The ornamental motif on mat
Nd.02.133 is inscribed in a rectangle 16 by
30 cm in size; the size of a similar rectangle
on mat Nd.02.132 is 18 cm by at least
35 cm.
The double mats are characterized by
an ornamental band in plain weave, which
is a constant 12 cm in width, based on six
passive members, of which the four inside
ones have been doubled. This band serves
to join two narrow mats into one big
Fig. 3■ Decorated mat woven in two-strand technique (Nd. 02.234) from T. 318
(Photo A. Lyzwa-Piber)
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