Karanis; Textiles; Wool

Karanis; Textiles; Wool

Description:

Fragment of brown woven wool fabric with a 1 cm wide purple weft band 0.3 cm from one edge. Some of the brown weft yarns appear darker but are more tightly twisted. There are two countered weft-twining rows. One is 0.5 cm from the purple band, the other is 3 cm from the first twining row. The twining loops pass over three warps.

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Rights:

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Subject Topics:
Karanis,  
Textiles,  
Language: UND
Type: still image