Burial wrappings BM EA84564

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Burial 6 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 237C. Categorized as "fabric type G".

Dating: Early Christian Period (600-850 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84564.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 93.1.237C.

Dimensions (in cm): 170x80

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Blue ground.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- blue
- 9 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- blue
- 32 picks/cm

Other features: Hems neatly sewn in the original garment piece. Patches cut in the same fabric, roughly sewn with cream, light blue and dark blue threads, all woollen, Z2s. Another fragment sewn with undyed cotton thread, Z2s - possibly to stabilize the wrap.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84564
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak). Due to its state of preservation (before conservation), it was not possible to unfold the piece.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian