Objects found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
Objects found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Amarna), Upper Egypt, date 1375-1350 BC, viz:- one warp spacer and unidentified wooden parts probably components of a loom.
Objects found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaken (modern Amarna)
- Made:
- 1370-1350 BCE in Amarna
Objects found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Amarna) Upper Egypt, date 1375-1350 BCE.
Details
- Category:
- Textiles Machinery
- Object Number:
- 1921-425
- type:
- collections
- credit:
- Egypt Exploration Society
Parts
Wooden warp spacer from a loom
One wooden warp spacer from a loom, incomplete, marked with alternative No T.A.21, 351, Egypt, 1375-1350 BCE.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/1 Pt1
- type:
- ancient textile tools
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/1
Wooden peg from a loom
A wooden peg from a loom with a rectangular tapered hole at one end; marked with alt. No 337.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/1 Pt2
- type:
- ancient textile tools
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/1
Wooden board, fixing holes both ends
A thin wooden small board with fixing holes at both ends alternative number T A 21-340.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/1 Pt3
- type:
- ancient textile tools
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/1
Wooden rod, one side flat, three drilled holes
A wooden rod with one side flat and three holes drilled through.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/1 Pt4
- type:
- ancient textile tools
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/1
Wooden dowel with large head
A small wooden dowel with larger head, fits the centre bored hole of the wooden rod (part 4).
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/1 Pt5
- type:
- ancient textile tools
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/1
Objects found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
Objects found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Amarna), viz three spinning whorls.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/2
- type:
- spinning spindles
Spinning whorl
A wooden spinning whorl.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/2 Pt1
- type:
- spinning spindles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/2
Wooden spindle
A wooden spindle for Part 1.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/2 Pt2
- type:
- spinning spindles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/2
Spindle whorl
A wooden spindle whorl.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/2 Pt3
- type:
- spinning spindles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/2
Wooden spindle
A short wooden spindle for Part 3.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/2 Pt4
- type:
- spinning spindles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/2
Spindle whorl
A wooden spindle whorl.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/2 Pt5
- type:
- spinning spindles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/2
Wooden spindle with spun flax thread
A wooden spindle with spun flax thread for Part 5.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/2 Pt6
- type:
- spinning spindles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1921-425/2
Box containing scraps of cloth and thread
A box containingf scraps of cloth and thread found in a shaft-tomb on hill top behind the tomb- chapel 525.consisting of :- Six small crumpled pieces of tabby- weave linen cloth, one folded into a narrow strip. Two similar pieces of unevenly woven woolen textile. One piece of more finely woven but now more brittle woolen textile. A skein of finely spun linen thread, neatly cut at both ends (probably in modern times). Neatly twisted skein of unspun flax fibre, 23.5cm long. Skein of unspun flax fibre, c11 cm long, largely untwisted but knotted in the middle.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/3
- type:
- ancient cloth and thread
Shoulder bar found in 1921 on the site of Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
Shoulder bar found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Tel al Amarne) Upper Egypt. Date: 1375 - 1350 B.C.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/4
- type:
- shoulder bar
Part of wooden shoulder-bar for carrying suspended objects
Part of shoulder-bar in wood for carrying objects suspended from either end.
Part of wooden shoulder-bar for carrying suspended objects
Part of shoulder-bar in wood for carrying objects suspended from either end.
Spacer for hind legs of slaughtered animals
Spacer for hind legs of slaughtered animals. Found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Amarna) Upper Egypt. Date: 1375 - 1350 B.C.
- Object Number:
- 1921-425/5
- type:
- spacer
Egyptian beam scale balance
Egyptian wood balance beam, B.C. 1370-1350, 5" long with flared ends, bored axially at ends and vertically at centre for improved type suspensions. (Found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten [modern Amarna] Upper Egypt), founded by the Pharaoh Akenaten
Square board with a hole drilled through each corner
Object found in 1921 on the site of the Akhetaten (modern Amarna) Upper Egypt, date 1375-1350 BCE. Square board with four holes, one in each corner.
