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 cotton, triangular in shape with a blue stripe of thread along one edge with tassles coming off that edge.
C/C,W ; S/S; 2 ; 7/9prs ; u/u, blu ; B.twine, 1 fringe B5; 1; 31×8, B2 rows twine fringe 4 cm L, 4 throw blu W above border

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.509
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 (not inc. tassles): 334mm , Width: 90mm , Depth: 2mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667