Fragment of shroud with mss paper attached ROM 973.24.2905

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Church VII, Burial 2 (funerary). Field registration number: 66:4:8. Museum textile number: #110. Shroud (register) or under shroud (box label).

Dating: 14th-15th c. CE

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.2905

Dimensions (in cm): 47x32

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

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

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

Other features: An inscribed paper attached to the fabric, no sewing traces (glued ?). Fragments of fabric folded and knotted (ties?).

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Import.