Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2815
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.014.004
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 10.5;
- Width
- ;15.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragment of brown woven wool fabric with stitching near one edge.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- 5020
- Component/Room
- 00G
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Somewhat dirty, with a very small amount of encrusted mud. There are two small interior holes, a long slit near an edge and one “L” shaped slit. There are a few small edge tears. Edges are somewhat frayed.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- A brown sewing yarn was used near one edge, to form three stitches which wrap around a small section of the fabric, touching each other, vertically. The stitches are 0.4 cm long.
- Yarn #
- 12815.WA.01;12815.WE.01;12815.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;sewing
- Color
- light medium brown (USZO);light medium brown (USZO);light medium brown (USZO)
- Yarns/cm
- 9;32;
- Structure
- single;single;single, used doubled
- Spin
- s;z;z
- Twist Level
- high;med;med
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2130 x 1704
- File Size
- 308 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.2815
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2815/0000_01_2815p01.tif
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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-0000.01.2815/0000_01_2815p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.