Textile fragment BM EA78555

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

Dating: Late Christian/Post-Christian period.

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78555.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.25.

Dimensions (in cm): 9.5x3.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Blue ground.

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

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

Other features: Sewing thread is S spun cotton.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78555
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.