Semna South (Sudanese Nubia). Christian cemetery, Grave 162 (funerary: adult woman). Field register number: M. 162.
9th-11th c. CE (possibly as late as 12th c.)
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Inventory number: 18868.
28x12; feet length 23; upper part: width 12, height 14; hem height 0.5
Nalbinding (looping technique), thread Z3s, thickness of the thread 0.1.
"The stitch used was what is commonly known as the Mammen stitch (needs to be confirmed by autoptic examination). In Hansen's classification that is UOO/UUOO F2. This stitch is also known in finds from Egypt."(A.M. Decker).
Yellow hems; Green Latin cross on a yellow pedestal just above the instep section; Yellow Latin cross on a green pedestal above the heel.
Wool.
Textile examined by B. Czaja and M.M. Wozniak in February 2017. Technical analysis (Nalbinding) based on photographic documentation (before and after conservation) by Anne-Marie Decker (independent researcher).
Textile conserved by B. Czaja within the frame of the "Nubian Textiles" project (funded by National Science Centre, Poland (grant POLONEZ nb. 2015/19/P/HS3/02100) and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement n°665778).
Dye identification (HPLC-MS) by Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw in May 2017.
Egyptian ?