Fragment of furnishing textile (plaid, carpet or blanket ?) SNM 18132 [a]

Find spot (context): Meinarti (Sudanese Nubia). Building II-III, floor of room 58, Level 5 (settlement; administrative building identified with the Eparch's palace). Field registration number: 6-K-3/371.

Dating: 13th c. CE

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Inventory number 18132 [a].

Dimensions (in cm): 14 x 18; 13 x 7; 8 x 7.

Weave: Weft-faced tabby. Thick fabric.

Decoration: Cream and brown bands.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- Z2s
- cream (undyed)
- 2 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- Z2s
- cream, brown (undyed)
- 8 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: Textile examined by B. Czaja and M.M. Wozniak in February 2017.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.