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

Strip of cotton textile with an open weave and patches of embroidered decoration on blue and dark blue thread.
C/C,W ; S/S,S ; 2,tap ; 10/8prs 25 ; u/u ; dk & brt.blu ; B.twine 1 (LNT B7) ; 4.5 x27, frag end border, tin? scrap twine (3 rows) 1.4L; both yarns tight sp, W med ; w close, even ; border 2.3, even close tap, step & dot outline C ; only 2.5 of whole patt.pr but clear fr.C lines 9fig. dk blu lines either side aft 2 throws w.2 ; dk blu scrap further on

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

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