Dark brown friable linen; three fragments. Tight s-spun tabby wa/20/s/0.1 x we/200/s/0.1. A piece of modern linen placed with it (by Petrie) for comparison. From the royal tomb of king Djer in the Umm el-Qa'ab at Abydos.
Abydos
Abydos - Tomb of Djer
Documentatie
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties (Royal Tombs II), p 16, discovery of arm with linen wrappings.