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

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

Large fragment of brown cotton, very tattered and frayed with loose strands, holes and tears.
C; S/S; 2 ; 8/5 prs ; u ; 2 ; c.24 x 25, & frag (co 8) ; line parallel twine in wp direction, ?mend, but cf.R.Hall UC, ?dec.

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

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

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.492
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: 399mm , Width: 253mm , Depth: 6mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667