Karanis; Textiles; Wool
The above measurements do not reflect warp and weft direction, but overall size. This fragment consists of small pieces of woven wool fabric that have been folded, twisted and sewn together. There are at least two different fabrics.; Fragment A - brown warp, 0.7 cm wide green weft band and 0.4 cm wide red weft band.; Fragment B - possibly in two or three pieces; yellow warp, blue/black weft with some linen slit tapestry and weft-wrapping.
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