Textile fragment SNM 18123

Find spot (context): Meinarti (Sudanese Nubia). Area of Building II-III, Level 6, subphase 5a (settlement; administrative building identified with the Eparch's palace). Field registration number: 6-K-3/320.

Dating: 13th c. CE

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Inventory number 18123.

Dimensions (in cm): 20 x 28 (general measurement of the textile surface; object kept under glass).

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Band decoration in blue (light and dark).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- brown ? (undyed)
- 4 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- dark blue, light blue (or pale green?)
- 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