Fragment of linen fabric ROM 973.24.3426

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery? ( possibly funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: n.d.

Dating: No date (context lost)

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3426

Dimensions (in cm): 8x30

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- Linen
- Z spun
-undyed
- 22 warps/cm

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

Other features: The fabric bears traces of repair (4zS cotton thread) as well as a nicely sewn hem (2zS thread). It was certainly a clothing piece.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Import.