Wrapping fragments BM EA77160

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Burial 85 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 182B. Categorized as "Type M".

Dating: Early Christian Period (600-850 CE).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA77160.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 93.1.182B.

Dimensions (in cm): Largest fragment is 5x40. A dozen of fragments are preserved.

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Cream bands on brown ground. One band is decorated with small pearls pattern.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- undyed
- 5 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool, cotton
- S
- dark brown (wool), undyed (cotton)
- 16 picks/cm

Other features: Reinforced selvedge preserved, Type C2.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA77160
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian