Textile scraps PAS 67/2008-2009

Find spot (context): el Ar 2 necropolis (4th Cataract area), Tumulus 21 (funerary). Explored in November 2008. Fragments found in the burial chamber.

Dating: Late/post-Meroitic.

Present location: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Warsaw. Inv. 67/2008-2009.

Dimensions (in cm): 2x1, 2x1, 4x2.

Weave: Tabby ?

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S spun
- undyed
- undetermined

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S spun
- undyed
- undetermined

Other features: Presence of one linen thread S2z, possibly spun at one end with cotton fibre (check under microscope).

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak, August 2019.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.