Fragment of silk textile probably used as shroud ROM 973.24.3479

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Church IV, Vault A(-A) (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number #102. Wrapped around skeleton (?).

Dating: 13th-14th c. CE

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3479

Dimensions (in cm): 18x36

Weave: Warp-faced tabby extended (2/2)

Decoration: Plaid effect in ecru and black on a red ground and additional bands (in weft-faced tabby extended 6-8/1) with geometric pattern in black on ecru ground.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- silk
- S spun
- red, ecru, black
- 30-32 paired warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- silk
- S spun
- red, ecru, black (+ yellow for weft-faced bands)
- 16 paired picks/cm (decorative bands in weft-faced tabby count 68-70 picks/cm)

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.