Textile fragment SNM 18114

Find spot (context): Meinarti (Sudanese Nubia). Fill of Building II-III, Level 5 (settlement; administrative building identified with the Eparch's palace). Field registration number: 6-K-3/372.

Dating: 13th c. CE

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Inventory number 18114.

Dimensions (in cm): 14 x 9

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Dyed blue after weaving.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- blue (piece dyed)
- 16 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- blue (piece dyed)
- 20 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian