Textile fragment BM EA72289

Find spot (context): Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia). (settlement ?). Textile register QI.72T/249.

Dating: Early Christian Period (7th-10th c. CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA72289.

Dimensions (in cm): 37x36

Weave: Tabby and extended tabby.

Decoration: Bands with geometrical patterns (lozenges, crosses...) brocaded in blue, red, orange, pink and green.

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

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

Other features: One edge is woven in extended tabby 1/2, on ca. 5-6cm. The fragment is identified as possibly a furnishing textile.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA72289
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.