Textile fragment BM EA71884

Find spot (context): Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia). LC2-358-0 North-West Section Level 3 hard fill (settlement). Textile register number QI.76.T/608.

Dating: Early Christian Period (7th-9th c. CE)

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA71884.

Dimensions (in cm): 31x8.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Band with geometrical pattern (lozenges in squares) brocaded in blue, red, pink and green.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- dark brown
- 18 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- dark brown
- 8 picks/cm

Other features: Corded edge. Brocaded pattern in paired woollen threads, S spun.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA71884
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.