Karanis / Wool

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.01.2346
Other Number: Midgley 24.206.004
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Textiles
Materials: Wool
Length: 4;
Width: ;5
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Small fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric.
Subjects: undecorated
Unit Grid Number: 4038
Component/Room: 00A
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: Somewhat dirty and worn. There is one interior hole and a few small edge tears. Some of the weft is beginning to show wear. There is some edge fraying along the weft edges.
Fabric Structure: Weft-faced plain weave.
Border Type: none
Selvedge Type: none
Sewing: none
Yarn #: 12346.WA.01;12346.WE.01
Function: warp;weft
Color: off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/yellowed (OITHL)
Yarns/cm: 10;36
Structure: single;single
Spin: s;s
Twist Level: med;varies, med - low
Fiber: wool;wool
Type Category: Textile

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.01.2346
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2346/0000_01_2346

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Full citation: "Karanis; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2346/0000_01_2346. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.