Fragment of textile ROM 973.24.3417

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery II, tomb 547 (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #32.

Dating: Christian period.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3417.

Dimensions (in cm): 33x19.5, 5.5x4.5

Weave: Tabby (ground) and weft-faced tabby (bands).

Decoration: Blue bands on cream ground.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- cream (undyed)
- 7 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- cream (undyed), blue
- 12 picks/cm (ground) and 17 picks/cm (bands)

Other features: Edge with looped warps type A7.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.