Fragments of textile ROM 973.24.3484

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Church VII, Burial 5(-B) (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number #113. Under the body.

Dating: 14th-15th c. CE

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3484

Dimensions (in cm): 9.5x1, 6x2.

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
-undyed
- 18-20 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 18-20 picks/cm

Other features: Both fragments are folded, possibly to tie the shroud.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.