Karanis / Bast
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2171b
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.187.005
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Bast
- Length
- 9;
- Width
- ;10.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Small fragment of woven undyed linen fabric with several stitches. There is a large knot, unconnected to the sewing, near the center.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- 4028
- Component/Room
- 00C
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Very dirty and worn. There are several interior pinholes and larger edge tears. There is an orange stain near one corner. The weft appears matted in places.
- Fabric Structure
- Warp-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- Several overcast stitches cross the fragment weftwise. These stitches measure from 0.5 cm to 0.7 cm long.
- Yarn #
- 12171b.WA.01;12171b.WE.01;12171b.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;sewing
- Color
- pale beige (OISH);pale beige (OISH);pale beige (OISH)
- Yarns/cm
- 13;6;
- Structure
- single;single;single, used doubled
- Spin
- z;z;s
- Twist Level
- med;low;med
- Fiber
- flax;flax;flax
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.01.2171b
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2171b/0000_01_2171b
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"Karanis; Bast." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2171b/0000_01_2171b. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.