Textile fragment SNM 18131 [d]

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-3/179.

Dating: 13th c. CE

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Inventory number 18131 [d].

Dimensions (in cm): Numerous brittle fragments.

Weave: Tabby. Threads strongly over-spun.

Decoration: Undercorated.

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

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- brown (undecorated)
- 14 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.