Weft:  blue and yellow silk.  Weft:  straight inner warp, yellow silk;  binding warps thin neutral bluish green silk.  Design:  symmetrical all-over pattern of stars, "palms"  and four petalled rosettes.  Worn and torn.  Selvedge on one side.

Seven fragments of silk samite found in Egypt. What can be seen of the design consists of goats in round or oval medallions and palmette-like forms. The colors are red, blue, white and pale yellow. The design is apparently arranged in stripes.

Ground of red, design of white, green and light brown, shows two mounted hunters pointing their arrows towards two animals in the lower half the roundel; ground of the border is white with floral motifs of red , green and light brown.

0600 / 0809, Egypt

0600 / 0809, Egypt