Mappa ROM 973.24.2898

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Church IV, vault B(-A) (funerary). Field registration number: 66:1:14. Museum textile number: #105. Wrapped around the head of the body.

Dating: 13th-14th c. CE

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.2898

Dimensions (in cm): 55x33 (65 with fringes). Piece complete.

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Edges decorated with a narrow band embroidered with blue triangles and eight-pointed stars and openwork.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen
- Z spun
-undyed
- 22 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- linen
- Z spun
- undyed
- 22 picks/cm

Other features: The fabric is complete. Selvedges type C1. Edges with warps twisted into fringes (5-6 cm long).

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Import.