Karanis / Sprang Fragment / Wool
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.0306b
- Other Number
- Midgley 25.087.003
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- Sprang Fragment
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 26.5;
- Width
- ;6.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragments of a sprang cap in blue with red, yellow and green patterning. A very small remnant of the finishing cord is present in fragment A. There are remnants of seams using red sprang yarn.
- Unit Grid Number
- 0267
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and very worn. Very fragmented, with large interior holes and edge tears. There are small areas of encrusted mud. Colors are dull. Fabric is stiff. There is some edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- 1/1 interlinking sprang with extra yarns twining through the interlinked structure.
- Structure Details
- This fragment has spranging in blue, green and red as well as twining decoration in yellow and red. There are remnants of seams using red and blue sprang yarn.
- Sewing
- There are modern repairs with a black sewing thread.
- Yarn #
- 10306b.YN.01;10306b.YN.02;10306b.YN.03;10306b.YN.04
- Function
- main element;twining and some sprang;sprang;twining
- Color
- dark blue (5395);deep red (1807);deep green (5605) but slightly yellower;off white/yellowed (OITHL) possibly dyed?
- Yarns/cm
- ;;;
- Structure
- 2-ply;2-ply;2-ply;2-ply
- Spin
- ssZ;ssZ;ssZ;ssZ
- Twist Level
- med;med;med;med
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.01.0306b
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.0306b/0000_01_0306b
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"Karanis; Sprang Fragment; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.0306b/0000_01_0306b. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.