Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 304. — Bark with cut leather ; wall painting intomb of Rameses III. Amasis, one to the Lacedemonians, the other to thetemple of Athena at Lindos, were of linen embroideredwith figures of animals in gold thread and purple,each thread of which consisted of 365 separate stran earlier evidence we find from the Theban tombsthat the garments of the Pharaohs had borders eitherwoven or embroidered. The most simple of theseconsisted of one or more lines of a darker shade Tap£
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 304. — Bark with cut leather ; wall painting intomb of Rameses III. Amasis, one to the Lacedemonians, the other to thetemple of Athena at Lindos, were of linen embroideredwith figures of animals in gold thread and purple,each thread of which consisted of 365 separate stran earlier evidence we find from the Theban tombsthat the garments of the Pharaohs had borders eitherwoven or embroidered. The most simple of theseconsisted of one or more lines of a darker shade Tap£strv and 337 parallel with the edge of the material. Elsewhere\vc find palmettos, or rows of discs and points, leaves,coils, or curves, and occasionally figures of mendixinities, or animals. On the garment of one of theDeir el Bahari princesses I found a royal cartoucheembroidered in pale rose colour. In the tomb ofThothmes IV., discovered by Mr. Davis in 1903,were found some pieces of linen with a pattern offlowers and hieroglyphs worked or woven in mostcharming colouring. The Egyptians of the be
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