Textile fragment BM EA72272

Find spot (context): Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia). West Plaza North East Section level 3 disturbed fill (settlement). Textile register number QI.76.T/531.

Dating: Post-Meroitic/Early Christian Period (5th-9th c. CE)

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA72272.

Dimensions (in cm): 21x19

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Bands in red, blue and green.

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

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- ecru (undyed), blue, red, green
- 19 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA72272
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.