Karanis / Wool
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2392
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.185.005
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 6;
- Width
- ;10.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Small fragment of woven wool fabric with brown warp, 5 cm wide green/blue weft and 0.6 cm wide brown weft. There is one stitch.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- 4038
- Component/Room
- 00D
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Very dirty and worn. There are several small interior holes and edge tears. Weft damage leaves a few exposed warps. Edges are frayed.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There is one yellow stitch in the green weft band, next to the brown weft band. The stitch measures 0.4 cm.
- Yarn #
- 12392.WA.01;12392.WE.01;12392.WE.02;12392.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;weft;sewing
- Color
- medium brown/orange (469);deep brown (476);dark green/blue (546);off white/lightly yellowed (465)
- Yarns/cm
- 12;too few for accurate count;44;
- Structure
- single;single;single;single, used doubled
- Spin
- s;s;s;s
- Twist Level
- high;varies, med - low;med;low
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.01.2392
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2392/0000_01_2392
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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-0000.01.2392/0000_01_2392. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.