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

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

Small fragment of cotton with bands of blue and the remains of a knotted openwork broder at one end.
C; S/S; 3; 6prs/9prs; u/u,blu B.latt.1.1, remains fr.; 2 blu strs, count 17 prs on blu

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.462
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: 126mm , Width: 71mm , Depth: 3mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667