Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.3354b
- Other Number
- Midgley 25.008.001
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 9.5
- Width
- 8.5
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric with a small (0.4 cm x 0.7 cm) remnant of purple slit tapestry. A row of stitches attaches a small remnant of another yellowed woven wool fabric.
- Subjects
- leaf
- Unit Grid Number
- 0195
- Component/Room
- 00F
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- 161
- Condition Notes
- Somewhat dirty and worn. An edge tear almost separates a small piece of the fragment. Very little is left of the attached fabric. Edges are frayed.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave and slit tapestry.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- An angled row of overcast stitches, 0.3 cm to 0.6 cm long, attaches a small remnant of a similar fabric. There is an overhand knot at one end. Two coarse stitches, 0.8 cm long, occur just below this attached remnant.
- Yarn #
- 13354b.WA.01
- 13354b.WE.01
- 13354b.WE.02
- 13354b.YN.01
- 13354b.YN.02
- Function
- warp
- weft
- sewing - attaches small remnant
- sewing - two coarse stitches
- Color
- off white/yellowed (OITHL)
- dark blue/purple (532D)
- Yarns/cm
- 7
- 30
- too few for accurate count
- Structure
- single
- 2-ply
- single, used doubled
- Spin
- s
- ssZ
- Twist Level
- high
- med
- low
- varies, med - low
- Fiber
- wool
- Type Category
- 29
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2137 x 1704
- File Size
- 178 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.3354b
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3354b/0000_01_3354bp02.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-0000.01.3354b/0000_01_3354bp02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.