tunics

The Tarkhan Dress. Numerous linen fragments divided by Petrie into parcels numbered 1-10 (with no 4 absent) now renumbered A-J. Some larger pieces, but in general very fragmentary. Also pieces of skin, and basket etc; reed. B1 linen tunic for child of 10 years. Bolt of linen. A1-A8 B-B9 Square (10cm) from B sent to Dr Eggebracht, Hildesheim 1978. Radiocarbon dated in Oxford 2015. The radiocarbon determination obtained for the Tarkhan Dress (OxA-32331) s 4570±36 BP (δ13C = -24.8 ‰ PDB). This calibrates to a true age (Figure 2) of 3366–3120 BC (68% probability) or 3482–3102 BC (95% probability). N.B. Conserved fragments further subdivided.

Tarkhan

Tarkhan, Mastaba 2050 Central Pit

excavation

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3482 BC - 3102 BC

The Tarkhan Dress

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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology