Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery II, tomb 1039 (-B) (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number #35.
Christian period.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3420
25x20 (3420.3), 34x14 + 4 smaller fragments not measured (3420.7)
Weft-faced tabby.
Plaid effect in red and dark blue on a white ground and larger bands in red and white alternating with bands in dark blue and white.
- silk / linen
- I / Z spun
- red, dark blue / cream (undyed)
- 26 warps/cm for silk, 20 warps/cm for linen
- silk / linen
- I / Z spun
- red, dark blue / cream (undyed)
- 40 picks/cm for silk and 34 picks for linen
The linen threads had disintegrated in numerous places in the plaid effect area.
Textile fragments examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017. A huge panel of this textile is preserved, which measures 245x109 cm (ROM 973.24.34201.1) as well as 4 smaller portions (ROM 973.24.3420.4 - 25x23 cm; ROM 973.24.3420.5 - 42x34 cm; ROM 973.24.3420.6 - 53.5x15 cm; ROM 973.24.3420.8 - 22x21 cm). These textiles were not examined as the first two pieces were sufficient to document the technical features of the silk.
n.c.
Imported.