Fragment of woollen broché ROM 973.24.3492

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Trench 6, sect. 1+5, Locus 17 (settlement). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #121.

Dating: Late Christian or Ottoman period.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3492.

Dimensions (in cm): 3x10

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Lozenges in blue and red, light blue and red, cream and red on brown ground.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- brown
- 6-8 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- brown
- 9 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.