Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Unknown (unknown). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: Z-10.
No date (context lost), but fabric with similar composition from Serra East dated to Meroitic/Post-Meroitic period (Bergman 1975, pls. 56/1 and 71/3).
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3531.1.
17x34, 22x26.5
Weft-faced tabby, tapestry.
Waved pattern in cream with dots on dark blue ground. The edges of the dark blue band are decorated with cream waves. Red band traces preserved at the edges of the dark blue band.
- wool
- S spun
- red
- 13-14 warps /cm
- wool
- S spun
- dark blue, red
- 38-40 picks/cm
The waved pattern is woven in slit tapestry. Selvedge type C1 with weft passing over 3 groups of paired warps. Fragment of sewing thread (cotton, 2sZ, undyed, 1.5mm thick).
Textile fragments examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017.
n.c.
Imported ?