Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2949
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.011.010
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 4;
- Width
- ;12.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Small fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric with stitching at one corner where there is part of a ribbed selvedge.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- 5024
- Component/Room
- 00D
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and worn. There are some missing warps and a few edge tears. Edges are somewhat frayed.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- ribbed 3(3,3,3)
- Selvedge Width
- 5
- Selvedge Details
- Weft makes extra passes around selvedge warps.
- Sewing
- The edge at one corner was folded twice and sewn with overcast stitches, 0.2 cm to 0.5 cm long, that encircle outside edges. The entire edge was originally folded. There is a remnant of a stitch at the opposite end and a fold line is visible.
- Yarn #
- 12949.WA.01;12949.WE.01;12949.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;sewing
- Color
- off white/deeply yellowed (OITH);off white/deeply yellowed (OITH);off white/deeply yellowed (OITH)
- Yarns/cm
- 12;38;
- Structure
- single;single;single, used doubled
- Spin
- s;s;s
- Twist Level
- high;low;high
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2130 x 1690
- File Size
- 159 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.2949
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2949/0000_01_2949p01.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-0000.01.2949/0000_01_2949p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.