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DESHA SHE IT.
lupng
Egyptian men ; the narrow body and very
tight sleeves are in just the same style. Alto-
gether seven such shirts were found in this
coffin.
Ler
gth of skirt.
Length total.
Width
Fine stuff
52i
64
23
•>•>
43
511
11
4Si
601
22
ii
57
681
23
Coarse
stuff
54
651
■ • •
and two coarse shirts too rotted to unfold.
Two others found elsewhere, and preserved
white, are:
Length of skirt. Length total. Width.
Fine stuff 48 59 16
Very open stuff 50 59 18
The strange point is the great length of these
—most of them over 5 ft. from the shoulder to
the hem. Such would need a joerson at least
6 ft. high to wear them well clear of the foot,
and in sculptures the dress docs not even reach
the ankle. The longest here, 5 ft. 8\ ins.
could not be worn by a person under 6 ft. 7 ins.
high. The natural explanation would be that
the dress was drawn up loose over a girdle ;
but against this, no such form is known on the
monuments, nor is there any trace of the creases
or wear which such a girdle would produce.
Beside the shirts some large pieces of stuffs
were placed in the coffin, I486. These are
uniformly made with a selvedge at one side
and a fringe at the other; the ends arc rolled
in and overcast. The pieces measure —
28 ft. 10 ins. long, 47 ins. wide.
30 „ 2 „ „ 45 „ „
(UnknoAvn length) 44 ,, ,,
The first of these had a patch neatly sewn into
one corner 151 long and 1\ wide, showing that
it had been actually used as a wrapper. Smaller
pieces are —
8 ft. 2 ins. long, 34 ins. wide.
7 „ 11
40
ii
ii
°4 11
11
The body and coffin of this tomb were kept
at the Cairo Museum.
Another tomb containing much clothing was
that of the amulets, No. 117 (see sect. 25).
Over the body was (1) a shawl 84 x 30 ins.,
(2) a mass of kilted stuff 8^ ins. deep, (3) an-
other piece of stuff, (4) another piece of
kilted stuff on the body, (5) much blackened
powdery stuff, (6) fincly-plcatcd kilt, beside
six or eight other articles too rotted to de-
termine. Under the head was a mass of linen
cloth 4 inches thick, and folded f9 x 12 ins., as
a, pillow.
Most of the graves containing bodies had
more or less cloth preserved. The character
of it varies very much. The woof is usually
only half as close as the warp, the usual make
of Egyptian linen. The finest is 93 x 44
threads to the inch, and near the edge of the
piece it is made stouter up to 148 to the inch.
A fine linen handkerchief of the present time is
about 90 to the inch each way. A very close-
textured stuff with full threads is 74 x 20, and
others 50x30 and 58x18. A fine delicate
stuff, almost transparent, is 72 x 36 threads. A
very loose open stuff is of fine thread 48 x 22,
through which the limbs would be clearly out-
lined ; the warp is grouped so as to give a
strtped effect of close and open. The most
open stuff of all is 13 x 10 threads to the inch,
of fine thread; it scarcely shades objects below
it, and is evidently the stuff called " fishing-
net," in which the damsels of the palace went
to row king Sncfe.ru about on his lake. None
of these stuffs are as fine as the royal linen of
the Vlth Dynasty, because they are only the
common products used by ordinary people;
yet they are as fine and finer than our present
weaving.
(44.) Two unfinished graves were found,
which contained the workmen's tools left be-
hind, buried in sand. In 86, at 12 ft. deep,
there were several wooden mallets and wooden
chisels, which had been used to excavate the
Used i
show
itaffhthe'
a
on. Thei
s(pl.
'ins..
Wi
DESHA SHE IT.
lupng
Egyptian men ; the narrow body and very
tight sleeves are in just the same style. Alto-
gether seven such shirts were found in this
coffin.
Ler
gth of skirt.
Length total.
Width
Fine stuff
52i
64
23
•>•>
43
511
11
4Si
601
22
ii
57
681
23
Coarse
stuff
54
651
■ • •
and two coarse shirts too rotted to unfold.
Two others found elsewhere, and preserved
white, are:
Length of skirt. Length total. Width.
Fine stuff 48 59 16
Very open stuff 50 59 18
The strange point is the great length of these
—most of them over 5 ft. from the shoulder to
the hem. Such would need a joerson at least
6 ft. high to wear them well clear of the foot,
and in sculptures the dress docs not even reach
the ankle. The longest here, 5 ft. 8\ ins.
could not be worn by a person under 6 ft. 7 ins.
high. The natural explanation would be that
the dress was drawn up loose over a girdle ;
but against this, no such form is known on the
monuments, nor is there any trace of the creases
or wear which such a girdle would produce.
Beside the shirts some large pieces of stuffs
were placed in the coffin, I486. These are
uniformly made with a selvedge at one side
and a fringe at the other; the ends arc rolled
in and overcast. The pieces measure —
28 ft. 10 ins. long, 47 ins. wide.
30 „ 2 „ „ 45 „ „
(UnknoAvn length) 44 ,, ,,
The first of these had a patch neatly sewn into
one corner 151 long and 1\ wide, showing that
it had been actually used as a wrapper. Smaller
pieces are —
8 ft. 2 ins. long, 34 ins. wide.
7 „ 11
40
ii
ii
°4 11
11
The body and coffin of this tomb were kept
at the Cairo Museum.
Another tomb containing much clothing was
that of the amulets, No. 117 (see sect. 25).
Over the body was (1) a shawl 84 x 30 ins.,
(2) a mass of kilted stuff 8^ ins. deep, (3) an-
other piece of stuff, (4) another piece of
kilted stuff on the body, (5) much blackened
powdery stuff, (6) fincly-plcatcd kilt, beside
six or eight other articles too rotted to de-
termine. Under the head was a mass of linen
cloth 4 inches thick, and folded f9 x 12 ins., as
a, pillow.
Most of the graves containing bodies had
more or less cloth preserved. The character
of it varies very much. The woof is usually
only half as close as the warp, the usual make
of Egyptian linen. The finest is 93 x 44
threads to the inch, and near the edge of the
piece it is made stouter up to 148 to the inch.
A fine linen handkerchief of the present time is
about 90 to the inch each way. A very close-
textured stuff with full threads is 74 x 20, and
others 50x30 and 58x18. A fine delicate
stuff, almost transparent, is 72 x 36 threads. A
very loose open stuff is of fine thread 48 x 22,
through which the limbs would be clearly out-
lined ; the warp is grouped so as to give a
strtped effect of close and open. The most
open stuff of all is 13 x 10 threads to the inch,
of fine thread; it scarcely shades objects below
it, and is evidently the stuff called " fishing-
net," in which the damsels of the palace went
to row king Sncfe.ru about on his lake. None
of these stuffs are as fine as the royal linen of
the Vlth Dynasty, because they are only the
common products used by ordinary people;
yet they are as fine and finer than our present
weaving.
(44.) Two unfinished graves were found,
which contained the workmen's tools left be-
hind, buried in sand. In 86, at 12 ft. deep,
there were several wooden mallets and wooden
chisels, which had been used to excavate the
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show
itaffhthe'
a
on. Thei
s(pl.
'ins..
Wi