Shroud tape ROM 973.24.3414 [c]

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery II, tomb 370 (funerary). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number #30.

Dating: Christian period.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3413

Dimensions (in cm): 5x1

Weave: Band weaving.

Decoration: Cream and dark warps.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion): - bast fibre (linen?)
- S spun
- cream (undyed), dark brown
- 5 warps/cm (3 cream, 2 dark)

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion): - bast fibre (linen?)
- S spun
- cream (undyed)
- 2 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.