Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.3866
- Other Number
- Midgley 25.015.406
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 12.5
- Width
- 13.5
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragment of woven wool fabric with yellowed warp and weft bands as follows:
- blue/black 2.7 cm
- yellow 0.4 cm
- red 0.7 cm
- yellow 8 cm
- There are a few stitches present.
- Unit Grid Number
- 0249
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- 161
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and worn. There are several edge tears and and an interior slit. There is some edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There is a stitch in the blue/black band, and two stitches in the widest yellow band, 0.6 cm long. All are yellow 2-ply yarn.
- Yarn #
- 13866.WA.01
- 13866.WE.01
- 13866.WE.02
- 13866.WE.03
- 13866.YN.01
- Function
- warp
- weft
- sewing
- Color
- off white/lightly yellowed (465)
- off white/yellowed (OITHL)
- blue/black (433)
- light dull red (484, but lighter)
- Yarns/cm
- 7
- 28
- 38
- 48 (based on one 0.5 cm count only)
- Structure
- single
- 2-ply
- Spin
- s
- ssZ
- Twist Level
- med
- varies, med - low
- low
- Fiber
- wool
- Type Category
- 29
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2258 x 1704
- File Size
- 221 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.3866
- Link to this Item
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