Silk fragments and tiny piece of cotton fabric ROM 973.4.1194.3 [a] and [b]

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery I, tomb 84 (funerary). Field registration number: 63:2:70. Museum textile number #17.

Dating: Post-Meroitic period.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.1194.3

Dimensions (in cm):
a) not measured (4 fragments of knots and cord from selvedge)
b) 2,5x2

Weave:
a) Tabby
b) Extended tabby 1/2

Decoration:
a) Plaid effect in red, ecru, blue and white
b) No decor

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
a) - silk
    - I or slight Z
    - red, ecru
    - 34 warps/cm

b) - cotton
    - S
    - golden (undyed)
    - 9 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
a) - silk
    - I or slight Z
    - ecru, blue, white
    - 30-34 picks/cm

b) - cotton
    - S
    - golden (undyed)
    - 11 picks/cm (each weft counts 2 threads)

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: a) imported, b) local.