Textile patch BM EA78519

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site S-2-21 (settlement).

Dating: Late Christian/Post-Christian period.

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78519.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.117.

Dimensions (in cm): 13.8x10

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Blue ground (piece dyed).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
-Z
- blue
- 12-13 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z
- blue
- 18-19 picks/cm

Other features: The patch is made of two blue tabby layers cut into a round. Stitching holes on the outer edge (4mm diam.).

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78519
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported. Probably transformed in Nubia.