Fragment of an amulet ROM 973.24.3502

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). F-5 storage pit (settlement). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #131. Found inside a pot of X-group date.

Dating: Ottoman period?

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3502.

Dimensions (in cm): 4x4

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Plaid effect in white on blue ground. Disposition: 2 cream thread, 4 blue ones (for warp and weft).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen ?
- Z spun
- blue, cream (undyed)
- 18-20 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen?
- Z spun
- blue, cream (undyed)
- 12-14 picks/cm

Other features: Textile strongly encrusted.

Documentation: Textile fragments examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported. Amulet made probably in Nubia from pieces cut in imported textiles.