Attiri (Sudanese Nubia). Site 16-J-16 (funerary: a Christian cemetery of twenty graves). Field registration number: 16-J-16/KAG BOX.
Medieval Period
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan). Storeroom. Non inventoried.
35 x 21 (main fabric); 13.5 x 12 (patch).
Warp-faced tabby (ground fabric), weft-faced tabby (patch).
Plaid effect in blue on cream ground (main fabric). Patch undecorated.
Ground fabric
- linen
- Z
- cream (undyed), blue (thread dye)
- 15 threads/cm
Patch
- linen
- S
- cream (undyed)
- 6 threads/cm
Ground fabric
- linen
- Z
- cream (undyed), blue (thread dye)
- 8 picks/cm
Patch
- linen
- S
- cream (undyed)
- 16 picks/cm
At least two pieces of the main fabric were sewn together with a 2sZ linen thread. The patch was sewn with a 2zS linen thread.
Textile examined by B. Czaja and M.M. Wozniak in February 2017.
n.c.
Imported from Egypt (main fabric). Nubian (patch).