Textile fragment BM EA71887

Find spot (context): Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia). (settlement?). Textile register number QI.74.T/371.

Dating: Christian Period (7th16th c. CE)

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA71887.

Dimensions (in cm): 13x9.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Band with blue and red lozenges. Another band with juxtaposed motifs in blue and red.

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

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

Other features: Geometric patterns brocaded with woollen paired threads, S spun. The textile is identified as a possible furnihing fabric (curtain).

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA71887
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.