Textile fragments PAS 26/2007

Find spot (context): el Ar 4 necropolis (4th Cataract area), Grave 5 (funerary). Explored in December 2007.

Dating: Christian.

Present location: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Warsaw. Inv. 26/2007.

Dimensions (in cm): 15x10 and small fragments

Weave: Tabby, with additional wefts ?

Decoration: Floating wefts, brown on dark brown ground.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- dark brown, brown
- 10 warps/cm

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

Other features: The floating wefts work in pair.

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak, August 2019.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.