Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Locus 176 (C) (settlement). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #127.
Christian period (late).
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inventory number.
21x15.5
Tabby.
Brocaded in red, blue and dark blue (all threads wool, S spun). Small bands with diamond-shape lattice (2 variations) and a line of "x" (?).
- cotton
- S spun
- cream (undyed)
- 10 warps/cm
- cotton
- S spun
- cream (undyed)
- 11 picks/cm
n.c.
Textile fragments examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017.
n.c.
Nubian. Similar textiles found also at Qasr Ibrim and all are dated to Christian period (see for example EA 71887, EA 72287 - British Museum). As this textile was found in Locus 176, it may imply an earlier or at least a longer occupation of the structure than the sole Ottoman period.