Ancient Egyptian cotton fragment from Qasr Ibrim dated 200 BC - AD 300 - Bolton's Egypt

Ancient Egyptian cotton fragment from Qasr Ibrim dated 200 BC – AD 300

A fragment of cotton with two long threads coming from one side, one of which has a knot at the end.

C; S/S; 1 ; 10/9 ; u ; B.twine, fr ; 1 ; end 3 Zply, Sply threads, twined over 4 wps, remain wp end fringe, 4, Splyed, .13cm, knot at end

Large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.577
Material: Cotton
Culture: Meroitic Period, Nubian Culture
Period: Ptolemaic Period - Roman Period
Dated: 200 BC - AD 300
Associated corp. body: Egypt Exploration Society
Object name: cotton fragment
Dimensions: Length: 150mm , Width: 102mm , Depth: 3mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667