Tag: embroidery

Textiles

July 21, 2018

Mappa ROM 973.24.2898

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Church IV, vault B(-A) (funerary). Field registration number: 66:1:14. Museum textile number: #105. Wrapped around the head of the body.
Dating: 13th-14th c. CE
July 20, 2018

Fragment of embroidered textile ROM 973.24.3494

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Locus 100, room H (settlement). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: #123. Surface debris.
Dating: Ottoman period?
February 7, 2018

Shroud fragment BM EA72258

Find spot (context): Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia). Church 1, North Crypt, Burial of Bishop Timotheos (funerary). Textile register number: QI. T/25.
Dating: Late Christian Period (14th c. CE).
February 5, 2018

Textile fragments BM EA77808

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House E 5, Floor (settlement).
Dating: Late Christian period (1100-1400 CE).
February 5, 2018

Fragments of a woollen mantle BM EA78847

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Cemetery 21-R-2, Burial 20 (funerary). Field registration number: Cloth 238B. Categorized as "fabric type D".
Dating: Early Christian Period (600-850 CE).