Fragment of shroud ROM 973.24.3444

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery III, tomb 649 (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #64.

Dating: Islamic.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3444.

Dimensions (in cm): 25x44 (folded)

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

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

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

Other features: Simple selvedge type C1. A thorn used as a pin.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.