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

Heavy woollen fabric. Warps are self-colour, doubled; wefts in yellow, brown (2) and blue (1) stripes embroidered in undyed flax thread with bands of crosses enclosed in hexagons. Selvedge on one side.

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

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.210
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: wool fragment
  • Dimensions: Length (accross the blue stripe): 185mm , Length (accross the brown stripe): 140mm , Width: 140mm
  • 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