Reproduction
Object Category
ropes
Description
Samples of rope: 1) Rush? thrice doubled giving 8 strands. 2) Two strands, 1.5 cm. diameter. Flax?/palm fibre?. 3) Flax/palm fibre? two strands, 1.0 cm. diameter. 4) Flax?/palm fibre? two strands, 0.8 cm. diameter. 5) Flax?/palm fibre? two strands, 0.4 cm. diameter. 6) Flax?/palm fibre? single ,strand, c.1.0 cm. diameter. 7) ? two strands, c. 0.2 cm. diameter. On analysis by Hero Granger-Taylor, 1995, UC 7508iii proved to be knotted rope made up of multiple individual linen threads: spliced, S-twisted, multiple Z-plied and two S-plied, with in one of the Z-plied elements about 135 separate threads counted giving a total in the rope of about 270 separate threads.
Publications
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Kahun, Gurob and Hawara, p. 28
- Lahun Studies
Production Period
(possible) late Middle Kingdom
Material
Dimensions
1) length: 16.0 cms
2) length: 17.0 cms
3) length: 40.0 cms
4) length: 30.0 cms
5) length: 16.0 cms
6) length: 25.0 cms
7) length: 25.0 cms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC7508
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
