Textile fragment with knot PAS 90/2008

Find spot (context): el Ar 2 necropolis (4th Cataract area), Tumulus 8 (funerary).

Dating: Late/post-Meroitic.

Present location: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Warsaw. Inv. 90/2008.

Dimensions (in cm): 3.5x1, 2x2, 1x1, knot 3x1.5

Weave: Extended tabby 2/2.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen
- S2s
- undyed
- 6 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S2s
- undyed
- 6 picks/cm

Other features: The knot is wool or cotton, made from S spun threads.

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak, August 2019.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.