Textile fragment (shroud) BM EA78839

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Burial 43 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 195A. Categorized as "fabric type K".

Dating: Early Christian Period (600-850 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78839.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 93.1.195A.

Dimensions (in cm): 21x9

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen
- S
- undyed
- 3 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen
- S
- undyed
- 6 picks/cm

Other features: Linen threads possibly spliced rather than spun. 12 cotton yarns, S spun, 4 cm long, stuck to the fabric.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78839
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian