Karanis; Textiles; Wool

Notes:

Two fragments of woven wool fabric that have been sewn together. Fragment A - Yellowed warp and weft with a 0.7 cm wide red weft band which is next to a braided border and small remnants of a divided purple weft band near the opposite edge. The purple band is 0.4 cm wide with 8 purple picks in one half, 12 purple picks in the other half and divided by two picks of yellow.; Fragment B - Yellowed warp and weft with a 3 cm wide purple weft band. There are two very deteriorated rows of weft-twining on one side of the weft band, 0.5 cm and 1.5 cm from the edge of the purple weft. The twining loops pass over two warps. This fragment was folded and sewn to fragment A at right angles.

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Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Karanis; Textiles; Egypt

Language:

UND

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