Textile fragment BM EA78430

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House E3, Room 1 (settlement).

Dating: Christian period.

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78430.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.9.

Dimensions (in cm): 22.5x10.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

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

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

Other features: Sewing thread is undyed cotton Z2s.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78430
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian