Karanis; Textiles; Wool

Karanis; Textiles; Wool

Description:

Fragment of woven wool fabric with plied yellow warp and tapestry bands and shaded stripes as follows:; yellow slit tapestry and brown stripes 6 cm; alternating yellow and brown slit tapestry 3.3 cm; yellow plain weave 0.5 cm; brown plain weave 0.2 cm; yellow plain weave 0.2 cm; brown shaded stripes with wool weft-wrapping 5.2 cm; yellow plain weave 0.5 cm; brown with some weft-wrapping 1 cm; There is as ribbed selvedge remnant present. There is stitching along the selvedge edge and in the yellow slit tapestry section.

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Rights:

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