Karanis; Textiles; Wool

Notes:

Fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric with two purple divided pinstripes and two red pinstripes as follows:; Starting border (red and purple); yellow 0.2 cm; red 0.1 cm (4 picks) (some white fibers in red yarns); yellow 1.1 cm; purple 0.1 cm (4 picks); yellow 0.2 cm (6 picks); purple 0.1 cm (4 picks); yellow 19.8 cm purple 0.2 cm (4 picks); yellow 0.1 cm (4 picks); purple 0.2 cm (4 picks); yellow 1.2 cm; red 0.1 cm (4 picks); yellow 0.3 cm ending border (yellow); There are a ribbed selvedge and a twined border that meet in an overhand knot. At the opposite end there is a small section of ending border. There are a few stitches at one end.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Karanis; Textiles; Egypt

Language:

UND

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