Textile fragment BM EA72283

Find spot (context): Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia). (settlement ?). Textile register number QI.72.T/217.

Dating: Early Christian Period/Classic Christian Period.

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA72283.

Dimensions (in cm): 10x 14 (complete width from selvedge to selvedge)

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Bands with geometrical patterns (lozenges, crosses...) brocaded in blue, red, pink and green on all the panel.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- undyed
- 10-13 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- undyed
- 7-11 picks/cm

Other features: Both selvedges preserved. One is simple, the other has one or possibly two paired wefts.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA72283
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.