Textile fragment BM EA78554

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

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

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78554.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.35.

Dimensions (in cm): 8.5x6.5, 5.5x3.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Plaid effect in blue and cream. Disposition of the warp 2 blue, 5 cream, 2 blue; disposition of the weft 3 blue, 5 cream, 3 blue.

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

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

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78554
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.