Karanis; Textiles; Wool; Star

Notes:

Large fragment of woven wool fabric with tapestry and weft-wrapping. This is a roundel with interlace design. The plied warp is yellow. The weft is yellow and variegated brown (shaded stripes). There is a large area of brown dove-tail tapestry with somewhat deteriorated weft-wrapping. The intact edge of the brown tapestry used slit tapestry. Along one edge there is a band of brown with a slit tapestry edging. This brown band has wool and linen weft-wrapping. There are remnants of ribbed selvedges along both edges.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Karanis; Textiles; Egypt

Language:

UND

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URL:

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-KELSEY-X-0000.01.3843%5D0000_01_3843P01.TIF