Fragments of shroud ROM 973.24.3416

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery II, tomb 497 (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #31.

Dating: Christian period.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3416.

Dimensions (in cm): 48x18, 34x44, 15.5x8

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Bands (cream, light brown, dark brown) on brown ground, various height (from 4 to 9 cm in the present state of conservation), one very thin made of 2 light threads framed by 2 dark ones (1 cm height).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- brown
- 7-9 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- various shades of brown from cream to almost dark
- 13 picks/cm

Other features: Reinforced selvedge type C2.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.