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 with a red stripe through the centre. Frayed edges.
C/C,W ; S/S; 2; 8/10prs ; u/u; pi ; 1 ; long strop rolled into ball; piW str, also in w.2, 1.4 cm wide, middle of frag.

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.499
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: 198mm , Width: 75mm , Depth: 1mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667