Wrapping fragments BM EA78731

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Burial 85 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 75. Categorized as "Type M".

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

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78731.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 93.2.75.

Dimensions (in cm): 23x19.5 (for the largest fragment)

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Light band on dark brown ground.

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

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S
- dark brown, cream
- 20 picks/cm

Other features: None.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78731
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian