Textiles fragments BM EA84934

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House F2, Room 6(aisle), Fill (settlement).

Dating: Late Christian period (1200-1500 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84934.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA n.d.

Dimensions (in cm): 11x3

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Narrow blue bands on brown ground.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- dark brown
- 6-8 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- dark brown, blue
- 6-8 picks/cm

Other features: Paired woollen blue picks. The bundle is Z spun cotton yarn, rather thick and uneven.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84934
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.