Textile fragment SNM non inventoried (d) Gemai

Find spot (context): Gemai (Sudanese Nubia). Site 11-I-1 (settlement - a fairly extensive Christian town built of mud brick; funerary - a fairly large cemetery nearby).

Dating: Medieval Period.

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Storerooms, non inventoried.

Dimensions (in cm): 4 x 5.

Weave: Tabby. The wefts are thicker than warps.

Decoration: Undecorated.

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

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

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.