Ancient Egyptian wool fragment from Karanis dated 30 BC – AD 395

A fragment of a fine woollen cloth. The warp threads are red and the weft threads are red, blue, green and yellow. One side is selvedge and this is longer than the main textile.

Ancient Egyptian wool fragment from Karanis dated 30 BC – AD 395

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.86
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: wool fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 171mm , Width: 150mm
  • Published references: Jane C Batcheller Late Roman Textiles from Karanis Egypt an investigation into the characterization of archaeological textiles PhD thesis Manchester University 2002
  • Site: Karanis
  • Latitude: 29.517778
  • Longitude: 30.903333