Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2938
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.001.078
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- A - 34
- B - 30.5;
- Width
- ;A - 8
- B - 3
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Two fragments of yellowed woven wool fabric that have been sewn together. There is a remnant of a purple weft band at the edge of fragment B, as well as a ribbed selvedge.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- 5022
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Somewhat dirty, with a small amount of encrusted mud on fragment B, and very worn. There are several interior holes in fragment A, as well as some small edge tears. There are large areas of fragment B with damaged wefts that leave exposed warps. Both fragments have weft edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- Fragment B - Ribbed 2(4,5)
- Selvedge Width
- 4
- Selvedge Details
- Weft makes extra passes around the selvedge warps.
- Sewing
- Part of the edge of fragment A has been folded and attached to fragment B with a row of running stitches, 0.6 cm to 1 cm long. A parallel row of overcast stitches, 0.3 cm to 0.8 cm long, attaches the selvedge edge of fragment B to A. One edge of fragment A was folded twice, weft-wise and sewn with overcast stitches, 0.4 cm to 1 cm long, that encircle the outside edge. There is a parallel row of running stitches, 0.6 cm to 0.8 cm long. All stitching appear to be from the same yarn.
- Yarn #
- 12938.WA.01;12938.WE.01;12938.WA.02;12938.WE.02;12938.WE.03;12938.YN.01
- Function
- warp - fragment A;weft - fragment A;warp - fragment B;weft - fragment B;weft - fragment B;sewing
- Color
- off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);deep purple (5185);off white/lightly yellowed (OITHL)
- Yarns/cm
- 11;44;9;26;too few for accurate count;
- Structure
- single;single;single;single;single;single, used doubled
- Spin
- s;s;s;s;s;s
- Twist Level
- high;low;high;varies, med - low;low;high
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1520
- File Size
- 163 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.2938
- Link to this Item
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