Karanis; Textiles; Wool
Two fragments of woven wool fabric that have been sewn together. Fragment A - yellow warp, purple weft with a very small (5 cm x 1.5 cm) section of dovetail tapestry at one side. Along the opposite edge, the wefts wrap all the way around the warps with a few small remnants of yellow dovetailed yarns. There are also remnants of undyed linen weft and weft wrapping within the purple weft.; Fragment B - light brown warp and darker brown weft. There is a purple yarn caught in the tangled sewing and warp yarns at one edge.
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