Textile fragments BM EA78553

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House 1 (settlement).

Dating: Late Christian period (1200-1500 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78553.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.833

Dimensions (in cm): 6.5x6, 2.8x2.3

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Blue ground (possibly piece dyed).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z
- blue
- 13 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cottonl
- Z
- blue
- 15 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78553
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.