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

Small fragment of matting. Reeds with natural and blue coton threads wrapped around and bound together, with some other textile strips wrapped around. 2 small loose fragments.
reeds/C ; /S ; twine ; m ; u, blu ; 1 ;
C; S/S ; 1 ; m ; u
11×1.7, 4 reeds, twined blu & u C: one end wound frag w, cords & f S yarn ?brush

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

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