shendyt
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[edit]shendyt (uncountable)
- a type of loincloth worn in Ancient Egypt
- 2021 July 19, Giorgia Cafici, The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture[1], BRILL, →ISBN, page 87:
- By contrast, the shendyt kilt is well attested on Egyptian sculptures of all periods. It was originally used only in royal representations but, from the Old Kingdom, its use extended to private statues.