Karanis / Wool

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.01.2655
Other Number: Midgley 24.032.001
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Textiles
Materials: Wool
Length: 19;
Width: ;6
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric with a 0.8 cm green/blue weft band near one end. There are a few loose yellow picks between the band and the edge of the fragment. There is a ribbed selvedge along one edge.
Subjects: undecorated
Unit Grid Number: 5006
Component/Room: 00A
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: Dirty and very worn. There are large edge tears and large areas of damaged or missing wefts that leave exposed warps. There are many loose warp yarns at the edges. Small amount of edge fraying.
Fabric Structure: Weft predominant plain weave.
Border Type: none
Selvedge Type: Ribbed 2(4,4)
Selvedge Width: 5
Selvedge Details: Weft makes extra passes around selvedge warps.
Sewing: none
Yarn #: 12655.WA.01;12655.WE.01;12655.WE.02
Function: warp;weft;weft
Color: off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/yellowed (OITHL);dark green/blue (546)
Yarns/cm: 10;22;28 (based on one 0.5 cm count)
Structure: single;single;single
Spin: s;s;s
Twist Level: high;low;varies, med - low
Fiber: wool;wool;wool
Type Category: Textile

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 1036 x 667
File Size: 47 KB
Record: 0000.01.2655
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2655/0000_01_2655p01.tif

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