FUNERARY TEXTILES FROM THE MEDIEVAL CEMETERY OF NAQLUN
FUNERARY TEXTILES FROM THE MEDIEVAL CEMETERY OF NAQLUN
Author(s): Barbara Czaja-SzewczakSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Naqlun; Cemetery A; Fatimid; Ayyubid; textiles; shrouds; burial clothes
Summary/Abstract: The paper considers burial textiles from a Fatimid and Ayyubid cemetery in Naqlun in terms of the information they can provide for costumology studies as well as a reconstruction of burial customs. The textiles include coffin and body shrouds (including some with painted decoration and others with signatures in ink), pillows and tunics, the latter of a type specifically made for burial purposes.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: XX
- Page Range: 413-420
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English