Textile fragment BM EA78545

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House C1, Room 1-4 (settlement).

Dating: Late Christian period (1200-1500 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78545.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.39.

Dimensions (in cm): 18.5x12.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen
- S/Z
- undyed
- 18 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z
- undyed
- 16 picks/cm

Other features: Hem on one side, sewn with S2z cotton thread. The cotton wefts are thicker, the linen warps are thinner.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78545
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.