Textile fragment SNM 18134

Find spot (context): Meinarti (Sudanese Nubia). Fill of Building II-III, room 7, fold together with a leather garment, Level 5 (settlement; administrative building identified with the Eparch's palace). Field registration number: 6-K-3/232.

Dating: 13th c. CE

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Inventory number 18134.

Dimensions (in cm): 2.5 x 4.5; 2.5 x 3; 3 x 3; 2 x 2; 7 x 4.5; 9 x 5; 4.5 x 2.5; 6 x 7; 4.5 x 3.5; 4 x 4.5; 3 x 3.5; 3 x 1; 2.5 x 2; 2.5 x 2.5; 4.5 x 2.

Weave: Weft-faced tabby and weft-pattern.

Decoration: Band and geometric patterns (chequered) in blue, green, cream and red.

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

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- cream (undyed), dark blue, light green, red (thread dye)
- 18 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.