Textile fragment BM EA84551

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House D1, Room 1-5 and 6 (settlement).

Dating: Christian period.

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84551.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.36.

Dimensions (in cm): 17x17.5

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Bands (red, blue, green, orange) of various width.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- partially dyed in blue (unravelled from a blue-dyed piece)
- 6 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- blue, red, orange, green
- 48 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84551
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.