Textile fragments ROM 973.24.3412

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery II, tomb 97A (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number #27.

Dating: Christian period.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3412

Dimensions (in cm): Loose fragments

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion): - cotton
- S spun, threads 0.8 mm thick
- initially cream (undyed), now dark brown
- 5 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion): - cotton
- S spun, threads 1.5 to 2 mm thick
- initially cream (undyed), now dark brown
- 5 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: Textile fragments examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.