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Late Period
This shirt was found within the wrappings of the mummy of a girl judged by the excavator to be 9 or 10 years old. Its side seams had been ripped open and it was wrapped like a shawl.
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Title: Child's Shirt
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–27
Date: 650–400 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, south side, Burial 21, intrusive, MMA excavations, 1921–22
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: L. 65 cm (25 9/16 in.); W. 75 cm (29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.3.215
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