Textile fragments BM EA84575

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, Unit F, Room 6 aisle, Fill (settlement).

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

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84575.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA n.d.

Dimensions (in cm): Not measured.

Weave: Extended tabby 1/2 [a], tabby [b,c].

Decoration: Blue ground (traces ?) [a,c]. None [b].

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
Piece a (fustian)
- linen
- Z
- blue traces ?
- 9 threads/cm

Piece b
- cotton
- Z
- undyed
- 10 threads/cm

Piece c
- cotton
- Z
- blue dyed ?
- 15 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
Piece a (fustian)
- cotton
- Z
- blue traces ?
- 6 paired picks/cm

Piece b
- cotton
- Z
- undyed
- 10 picks/cm

Piece c
- cotton
- Z
- undyed
- 18 picks/cm

Other features: Fragment [a] is a fustian, it has a portion of preserved selvedge, reinforced with double warps. Fragment [c] is sewn from two pieces with Z2s cotton thread.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84575
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.