Fragment of inscribed shroud ROM 973.24.2904

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Church VII, Burial 3 (funerary). Field registration number: 66:3:95. Museum textile number: #111. Part of shroud (register).

Dating: 14th-15th c. CE

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.2904

Dimensions (in cm): 16x65

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Textile inscribed with Old Nubian text, originally in a cross-shape ?

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
-undyed
- 19-20 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 19-20 picks/cm

Other features: Selvedge type C1.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Import.