Silk fragments ROM 973.24.1194.1 and ROM 973.24.1194.2

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 973.24.1194.1

Dimensions (in cm): 24x12

Weave: Tabby

Decoration: Plaid effect in red, ecru, blue and white

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

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

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.