Woollen textile used as shroud MAP 2005:3/3

Magdalena Woźniak
February 19, 2018

Es Sadda 1 (a post-Meroitic cemetery, 4th Cataract Area). Tumulus 3 (funerary). Date of exploration: January 2005.

Post-Meroitic period.

Museum of Archaeology, Poznan (Poland). Inventory number 2005:3/3.

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Tabby.

Thin stripes light and dark on brown ground.


- wool
- S spun
- various shades
- not determined


- wool
- S spun
- various shades
- not determined

Starting border. Twining decor at the end border finished with fringes. In the conservation report, kindly provided by Dr M. Chlodnicki, the presence of selvedge (fragmentary) is mentioned.

The textile was shortly seen in the exhibition gallery, where it is placed quite high on the wall and kept under a glass panel (M. Wozniak, August 2017). Additional data and pictures can be found in the exhibition catalogue.

n.c.

Nubian.