Textile fragment PAS 29/2008-2009 [b]

Find spot (context): el Ar 1 necropolis (4th Cataract area), Tumulus 35 (funerary).

Dating: Late Meroitic.

Present location: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Warsaw. Inv. 29/2008-2009 [b].

Dimensions (in cm): 1.5x1.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- brown
- 6-8 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- brown
- 6-8 picks/cm

Other features: Threads overspun. Textile very rigid.

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak, August 2019.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.