Textile fragment SNM 18117

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-3/177.

Dating: 13th c. CE

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Inventory number 18117.

Dimensions (in cm): 11 x 7, 12 x 7 and small brittle fragments.

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Undecorated.

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

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

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian