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Need cloth? Go no further! I have the best anywhere. I have cloth, both
for everyday use and for the upper classes, and ready-made items for women and
men.
Cloth
Linen-bleached white, or dyed with madder, safflower, or indigo
Coarsely woven
For the Upper Classes
Finely woven and dyed
Byssus (straight from Akhmin and the finest of linen)
Ready-Made
Women
Red girdles (great seen through sheer cloth)
Embroidered sashes
Capelet of sheer cloth
Beaded dresses
Elaborately pleated, sheer dresses
Long sleeve cotten dresses (for the traditionalists who want to capture
the look of the Old and Middle Kingdom)
Long skirt with wide shoulder bands (for the traditionalists who want to
capture the look of the Old and Middle Kingdom)
Men
Basic kilt
Fancy kilts with large panels in the middle
Kilts with sheer overskirts
Sheer shirts with elaborately pleated sleeves
My Fine Sources
Bunson, Margaret. (1991). A Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. New York:
Oxford University Press.
David, Rosalie. (1998). Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt. New York:
Oxford University Press.
What Life was Like on the Banks of the Nile: Egypt 3050-30 B.C.
(1996). Eds. Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life.
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