Textile fragments ROM 973.24.3529

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Precise find spot unknown. Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number Z-8.

Dating: Unknown.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3529.

Dimensions (in cm):
a) 5x3,5;
b) 2x5.

Weave:
a) tabby;
b) weft-faced tabby.

Decoration:
a) no decor
b) no decor

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

b) - wool
    - S
    - brown
    - 6 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
a) - cotton
    - S
    - golden (undyed)
    - 15 picks/cm

b) - wool
    - S
    - brown
    - 18 picks/cm

Other features: n.d.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian for both fabrics.

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