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

A plaited skein of human hair, brown and brownish black in colour.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.33
  • Material: hair
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: textile fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 324mm , Width: 82mm
  • Published references: Jane C Batcheller Late Roman Textiles from Karanis Egypt an investigation into the characterization of archaeological textiles PhD thesis Manchester University 2002 cat 288
  • Site: Karanis
  • Latitude: 29.517778
  • Longitude: 30.903333