Necropolis coded KK1 (4th Cataract, el Ar area), Tumulus 2 (funerary).
Late/post-Meroitic.
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Warsaw. Inv. 92/2008-2009.
Bunches from 1 to 8 cm.
Originally tabby.
Possibly stamped (red, blue, green, with at least 3 bi-coloured threads in green and red).
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 22-24 warps/cm
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 22-24 picks/cm
Originally a very fine quality fabric, imported, with probably a stamped decoration as the preserved portions of blue, green and red tabby show traces similar to piece-dyeing with bindings left undyed. These rags may have been reused for the padding of some furniture or garment - or perhaps kept to be respun ? Cotton white fibre.
Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak, August 2019.
n.c.
Imported.