Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia). Tomb II, West Tower tomb (funerary).
10th-11th c. CE
British Museum, London. Inventory number EA72260.
21 fragments. The largest is 87x41.
Spanish knot.
Six-petalled flowers patterns on a dark blue ground, bordered with colour bands. The carpet is framed by a row of small peacocks.
Warp: wool, Z spun, undyed, 11 threads/cm.
Weft: wool, Z spun, undyed, 6 picks/cm.
Pile: wool, Z spun, 1 blue, 2 green, yellow, red, brown; single warps knots on alternate warp threads, after each pair of weft threads; 6 knots per cm. vertically, 5.5 knots per cm. horizontally, 33 knots per square cm2.
British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA72260
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).
n.c.
Imported.