click image to return   Technical Analysis Cairo Inv No. IM 12199/2 Size: 5 inch X 16.5inch Warp: Wool, Z2S, 12 per inch Weft: Wool, 28 weft per inch Structure: Slit-tapestry with areas of vertical dove-tailing       Plate Two Unfortunately only a single somewhat abstract human portrait with oversized head, long neck and rather diminutive shoulders and arms remains of what was probably one of the side border from a much larger ceremonial tapestry. In common with all the other examples herewith illustrated, execpt Plate One, this fragment was found in the excavations of the burial grounds bordering modern day Cairo in the old city, formerly known as Fustat.