Fragment of textile ROM 973.24.3518

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Locus 87 (B) (settlement). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #147.

Dating: Late Christian or Ottoman period.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3518.

Dimensions (in cm): 15x14

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Bands of various size in red, blue, dark blue, brown and cream.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S spun
- cream (undyed)
- 6-7 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- red, blue, dark blue, cream (undyed), brown (undyed)
- 36 picks/cm (red band) and 24 picks/cm (blue bands)

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.