Wrapping fragments BM EA78390

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Grave 99 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 139. Categorized as "fabric type F".

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

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78390.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 93.3.1.139C

Dimensions (in cm): 19x11

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Blue and red bands on cream ground. Width of the bands 2.3cm and 5-6mm.

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

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- undyed, blue, red
- 18 picks/cm

Other features: n.c.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78390
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian