Wrapping fragments BM EA77608

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Burial 205 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 168B. Categorized as "Type B".

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

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA77608.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 93.1.182B.

Dimensions (in cm): 17x20, 4.5x4, 5x9.

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- light brown
- 7 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- light brown (wool)
- 25 picks/cm

Other features: Corded edge type A7. Patches, repairs. Sewing cotton thread (Z2s).

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA77608
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian