Karanis / Wool
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2345
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.206.003
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 6;
- Width
- ;23.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric with a remnant of a 0.5 cm wide green weft band along one edge. There are several random stitches.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- 4038
- Component/Room
- 00A
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Very dirty, with encrusted dirt. There are several small interior holes and pinholes, as well as several larger edge tears. Edges are frayed.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There are several remnants of thick 2-ply wool stitches. Most just pierce the fabric or are broken. The only intact stitch measures 0.9 cm. Two long, loose sections of this yarn are still attached. Near these long, loose yarns, there is a single coarse linen stitch which measures 1.4 cm. Also, nearby is a finer wool yarn. Part of this yarn goes through the linen yarn where it ends in an overhand knot. The only intact stitches are 1 cm from the linen stitch and measure 0.5 cm and 0.6 cm.
- Yarn #
- 12345.WA.01;12345.WE.01;12345.WE.02;12345.YN.01;12345.YN.02;12345.YN.03
- Function
- warp;weft;weft;sewing - thick wool;sewing - coarse linen;sewing - finer wool
- Color
- off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/yellowed (OITHL);deep green (5605) but faded;off white/yellowed (OITHL);light medium brown (USZO);off white/yellowed (OITHL)
- Yarns/cm
- 6;32;too few for accurate count;;;
- Structure
- single;single;single;2-ply;2-ply;single, used doubled
- Spin
- s;s;s;ssZ;zzS;s
- Twist Level
- high;med;low;high;med;high
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool;flax;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.01.2345
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2345/0000_01_2345
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"Karanis; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2345/0000_01_2345. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.