Shroud fragment BM EA78842

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Burial 95 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 215A. Categorized as "fabric type I".

Dating: Early Christian Period (600-850 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78842.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 93.1.215A.

Dimensions (in cm): 26x9.

Weave: Open weave (tabby).

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- undyed (golden)
- 4 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- undyed (golden)
- 3 picks/cm

Other features: The weave is very open, creating a "net-like" effect. At one end, a knot of strip of palm leaf (?) is attached.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78842 
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian