Inscribed textile ROM 973.24.2708

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery II, tomb 1039 (funerary). Field registration number: 65:12:08. Textile register number: n.d.

Dating: 13th-14th c. CE

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.2708

Dimensions (in cm): 20x10, 8x4.5, 8x4.5, 8.5x3.5, 5.5x1.8, 5.5x13.5, 8.5x5.8, 10x6.3 + 4 fragments not measured

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None. Textile inscribed in Old Nubian.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z
- undyed
- 13-14 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
-cotton
- Z
- undyed
-11 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported. Inscription added in Nubia.