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

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

Long, wide fragment of cotton textile with fringing at one end. Part of a sema remains along one long edge.
C; S/S; 1; 15/14; u; B.fringe ; 1 ; fr.7cm, f yarn even w ; fr.simple, varyin nos.wps, 18-28, twisted tog.Z L.8cm

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.471
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: 573mm , Width: 186mm , Depth: 2mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667