Textile fragment BM EA84576

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site S-2-21, House F2, Room 5, 2nd level (settlement) .

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

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84576.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA n.d.

Dimensions (in cm): 8x2.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Red ground.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- silk
- I
- red
- 50 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- silk
- I
- red
- 30 picks/cm

Other features: The textile is preserved in the form of a knotted strip.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84576
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.