Textile fragments BM EA84600

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, F2 , Room 5, 2nd level fill (settlement).

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

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84600.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA n.d.

Dimensions (in cm): 5x6

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Bands (?) cream alternating with dark brown (each 4 picks wide).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- undyed
- 12 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton/wool
- S/S
- undyed/dark brown
- 10 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84600
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian