Karanis / Wool

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.01.3867
Other Number: Midgley 25.015.408
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Textiles
Materials: Wool
Length: A - 14.5; B - 5;
Width: ;A - 12; B - 12
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Two fragments of woven wool fabric that have been sewn together.; Fragment A - brown warp, blue weft with linen weft-wrapping. The above measurement is for the largest piece. There is another small piece (3 cm x 3 cm).; Fragment B - brown/gold warp, brown weft.
Unit Grid Number: 0249
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: Dirty and very worn. The small blue weft piece and the brown fabric it is attached to are almost separated from the rest. The sewing yarn that attaches them to the larger pieces is almost broken. There are many edge tears in all fragments and an interior hole and several slits in fragment A. Edges are frayed.
Fabric Structure: Weft-faced plain weave and weft-wrapping (fragment A).
Border Type: none
Selvedge Type: none
Sewing: Both fragments were folded along one edge and sewn together with two rows of brown overcast stitches, 0.4 cm to 1 cm long. Another, lighter brown, yarn goes through the larger pieces and attaches the smaller pieces. This yarn is almost broken between the fragments. These running stitches are from 0.7 cm to 3.3 cm long.
Yarn #: 13867.WA.01;13867.WE.01;13867.WE.02;13867.WA.02;13867.WE.03;13867.YN.01;13867.YN.02
Function: warp - fragment A;weft - fragment A;warp-wrapping, fragment A;warp - fragment B;weft - fragment B;sewing - two rows along folds;sewing - running stitches
Color: medium brown (161);dark green/blue (546);pale beige (OISH);pale brown/gold (464);dark brown/red (4625);dark brown/red (4625);pale brown (USZOL) yellow and brown fibers blended together
Yarns/cm: 8;40;;7;34;;
Structure: single;single;single;single;single;2-ply;2-ply
Spin: s;s;s;s;s;ssZ;ssZ
Twist Level: med;varies, med - low;low;med;low;high;med
Fiber: wool;wool;flax;wool;wool;wool;wool
Type Category: Textile

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2258 x 1704
File Size: 198 KB
Record: 0000.01.3867
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3867/0000_01_3867p01.tif

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