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

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

Fragment of brown cotton. A strip with a portion in centre where warp or weft is missing. Torn and with frayed edges. Stained.
C/C,W ; S/S; 1 ; 7/22 ; u/u;blu ; 1 ; 30 x 7.5, ?W str (blu) base wps, 0.7 above this 4 throws u & blu alt ; u, blu alt once below ; traces blu sc u in base wps?

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.513
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 : 300mm , Width : 75mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667