Knotted plant fibre basket with two carrying handles. Could be from British School of Archaeology in Egypt fieldwork at Lahun, Gurob or Sedment (1919-1921) or Oxyrhynchus (1922). 

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 58236, "BASKET. Palm fibre cord. Two handled. 16" wide 13 1/2" deep. IV century A.D. Egyptian. Presented Sept. 1927 by Prof. Flinders Petrie, University College."

CONDITION NOTE (1998): Misshapen, some broken fibres, previous repair, dirty, discoloured.

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Knotted plant fibre basket with two carrying handles. Could be from British School of Archaeology in Egypt fieldwork at Lahun, Gurob or Sedment (1919-1921) or Oxyrhynchus (1922). Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 58236, "BASKET. Palm fibre cord. Two handled. 16" wide 13 1/2" deep. IV century A.D. Egyptian. Presented Sept. 1927 by Prof. Flinders Petrie, University College." CONDITION NOTE (1998): Misshapen, some broken fibres, previous repair, dirty, discoloured.

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