Textile fragments BM EA77809

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House E 5, Fill (settlement).

Dating: Late Christian period (1100-1400 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA77809.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.103.

Dimensions (in cm): 109x68 (largest frgt) + 8 other fragments not measured.

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Narrow band of blue lozenges and red triangles on brown ground.

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

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

Other features: Geometric patterns brocaded with woollen paired threads, S spun.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA77809
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.