Sedment / textile fragment / Bast / Flax / Linen

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.9766
Object Name: textile fragment
Lot: Petrie, Flinders
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Textiles
Materials: Bast; Flax; Linen
Weight: not appropriate for scale
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: (Natural wapr/natural weft) (M-2.5Y 8/2); Fragment with fringe and series of as many as eight consecutive double wefts along edge of fabric.; Fringe runs with warp and is 23 cm. long and 4 cm. deep, made up of bundles of threads folded in half and laid with fabric wefts. The fringe is secured by weaving. Both ends have been repaired; one end appears to be the original fringe repaired by sewing, the other end apparently has had 4.5 cm. of fringe replaced by a shorter fringe, 3.7 cm deep. This shorter fringe has bundles sewn on, and a Z/2/S (Y+.06, T=.02 cm.) thread appears in some of the replacement bundles.; Textile. Flax or bast.
Verbatim Date: 2160 - 2025 BC
Unit Grid Number: Tomb 1586
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Sedment
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Fabric Structure: plain, balanced
Yarn #: ;;3646.YN.01;7518.YN.01;7565.YN.01;7565.YN.02;7565.YN.03;7643a.YN.01;10011B.WA.1;10011B.WE.1;13795.WA.01;13795.WE.01;13795.YN.01;13795.YN.02;13795.YN.03;13795.YN.04;22558.YN.01;22602.WA.01;22602.WE.01;22602.WE.02;22602.WE.03;22602.WE.04;22602.WE.05;22602.WE.06;22602.YN.01;22602.YN.02;22602.YN.03;22602.WE.07;22606.WA.01;22606.WE.01;29766.WA.01;29766.WE.01
Function: warp;weft;yarn;yarn;linen yarn, main element;wrapped around linen yarns;wrapped around linen yarns;yarn;warp;weft;warp;weft;yarn ties;yarn ties;yarn at one side;yarn on “sole” of shoe;main element;warp;weft;weft;weft;weft;weft;weft - novelty yarn;sewing - seams and hems;sewing - toggle or button attachment;sewing - repair;twining yarn used for borders;warp;weft;warp;weft
Color: ;;off white (466) with some light brown (463);off white/lightly yellowed (465);pale beige (OISH);off white/lightly yellowed (465);varies, deep purple (5185) and deep red/purple (ZZZO);medium brown (161) with some yellow fiber blended in;beige (465 dull);beige (465 dull);pale beige (OISH);pale beige (OISH);off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);pale beige (OISH);dark brown/red (4625);dark blue/purple (532D);dark blue/purple (532D);deep red (1807);magenta/purple (?);dull pink/purple (JJKO);white - 2 strands; dark blue/purple (532D) - 1 strand;white, black, orange/red (174); one ply of each;dull pale blue (432);white;dark grey (?);black with some white fibers blended in;white (some parts discolored);white (some parts discolored);dull grey/green (417) on one side, dull grey/green (417) and blue/black (433) on the other side.;dull grey/green (417) on one side, dull grey/green (417) and blue/black (433) on the other side.
Yarns/cm: ;;;;;;;;6 (app.);35? too deterior-ated to be accurate;27;19;;;;;;13;16;too few for accurate count;too few for accurate count;too few for accurate count;too few for accurate count;too few for accurate count;;;;;10;5;19;17
Structure: ;;single;2-ply;single;single;single;single;single;single;single;single;2-ply;single;3-ply;2-ply;4-ply;single;single;single;single;single;single, used tripled;3-ply;2-ply, used doubled;2-ply, used doubled;2-ply, used doubled;single;single;single;single;single
Spin: s;s;s;ssZ;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;ssZ;s;sssZ;ssZ;ssssZ;z;z;z;z;z;z;zzzS;zzS;zzS;zzS;z;s;s;z;z
Twist Level: ;;varies, med - low;low;varies, med - low;low;low;high;med;low;low;med;varies, med - low;med;high;med;high;med;varies, med - high;med;varies, med - high;med;med;high;high;high;high;med;varies, med - low;low;med;varies, med - low
Fiber: ;;flax;wool;flax;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;flax;flax;wool;wool;wool;flax;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool (?);wool;wool;wool;flax;flax;wool;wool
Publication Title: The Art of the Ancient Weaver: Textiles from Egypt (4th-12th Centuries A.D.)
Publication Year: 1980
Type Category: Textile

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.02.9766
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.9766/%25-3

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Full citation: "Sedment; textile fragment; Bast; Flax; Linen." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.9766/%25-3. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.