Textile fragment, probably shroud SNM non inventoried

Find spot (context): Ukma ? (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-H-9B/1B. Context unknown.

Dating: Medieval Period.

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Storerooms, non inventoried.

Dimensions (in cm): 37 x 50.

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Band decoration in brown and cream. Bands 7 cm wide.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- cream (undyed)>- 6 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- brown, cream (undyed)
- 18 picks/cm

Other features: Reinforced selvedge preserved, Type C2 (Bergman 1975) - 3 sets of triple threads.

Documentation: Textile examined by B. Czaja and M.M. Wozniak in February 2017.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.