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

Two tattered and stained fragments of cotton, one with woven stripes of blue thread and a thick, bound border.
(a) : C; S/S; 1 s-strs; 16/3s-s, 2 throws, u ; – ; 2
C; S/S; 1 ; 12/9 ; blu ; – ;
(b) : C ; S/S; 1 ; 10/9 ; u ; –
? waist kilt frag depth pres.17, L.38 (waist), w. 2throws tabby, 3 s-strs throughout, s-strs 4 ltl sp.wfts. Str. of blu sew as dec.,cord of 3 blu,3u threads sewn as edging; along waist, 7 cords, blu each side c over hem, others ?blu, loosely cou u paired thread; curved hemmed line adj waist. frag c.24×12 from same, det., patched or lined

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

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