O. V. Orfinskaya

Novyi vzglyad na privychnye terminy (opisanie tkanei iz grobnitsy TT 23) [Reconsidering terms: description of textiles from TT 23]

In November 2019 the Centre of Egyptological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CES RAS) conducted another season of archaeological research in Tjay’s tomb (TT 23). A procedure of describing textiles was developed a while ago and since then has proved its efficiency. While examining them interesting peculiarities of different parts of a woven piece were registered. Continuing a series devoted to textiles from TT 23, this paper is focused on clarifying terms connected with starting and finishing boarders of a woven piece, selvedges and various decorations. Some elements may provide a general, rather broad date of an item, while some are useless from this point of view.

Keywords:
Ancient Egypt, Valley of the Nobles, tomb, archaeology, textile, textile description, textile terms, starting boarder, finishing boarder, selvedge, marks.

Original language — Russian.

DOI: 10.24411/2686-9276-2019-00012.

Referring: Orfinskaya O. V. Reconsidering terms: description of textiles from TT 23 [in Russian] // Egypt and neighbouring countries 4 (2019): 32–54. DOI: 10.24411/2686-9276-2019-00012.

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