Karanis; Textiles; Wool
Two fragments of woven wool fabric that have been sewn together.; Fragment A - brown warp, blue weft (16 cm) and brown/gold weft (12 cm); Fragment B - brown warp, medium brown (7.5 cm) and light brown (22 cm at one end, 1 cm at the other end) weft. Some of the warps in each section are paired, most are single. The darker brown paired wefts are more loosely woven than the singles. The lighter brown paired wefts equal the singles. There is a ribbed selvedge.
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