Textile fragment BM EA78551

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2 (settlement).

Dating: Post-Christian period.

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78551.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.27.

Dimensions (in cm): 17x6.2

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Blue ground (piece dyed).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z/S
- blue
- 12 threads/cm

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

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78551
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.