Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.3865
- Other Number
- Midgley 25.015.406
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 4;
- Width
- ;18
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric with a twined border. The twining is yellowed and there is a red 0.7 cm wide weft band next to the border. There are several rows of stitches.
- Unit Grid Number
- 0249
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and worn. There are a few edge tears. The border is damaged in several places. There is some wear from abrasion and a small amount of edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- Warp loops with two rows of weft-twining.
- Border Details
- Transverse border of countered weft-twining. Four yarns similar to the ground weft were used for each of the twining strands.
- Border Width
- 5
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There are two weft-wise rows of running stitches, 0.4 cm to 1 cm, and a few damaged overcast stitches that encircle the twined border. The only intact stitch is 0.8 cm long. All sewing yarns are probably the same.
- Yarn #
- 13865.WA.01;13865.WE.01;13865.WE.02;13865.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;weft;sewing
- Color
- off white/deeply yellowed (OITH);off white/deeply yellowed (OITH);dull red (484);off white/deeply yellowed (OITH)
- Yarns/cm
- 7;34;40 (based on one 0.5 cm count.);
- Structure
- single;single;single;single, used doubled
- Spin
- s;s;s;s
- Twist Level
- high;low;varies, med - low;varies, med - high
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2258 x 1704
- File Size
- 159 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.3865
- Link to this Item
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