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

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

Small fragment of natural coloured cotton textile. Part of a selvedge remains, some loose strands and fraying.
C/W; S/S, 3, 7prs/6prs, u/nat, C.3a over 2 cords, 1, f, even sp, w pale W ?white

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.459
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: 187mm , Width: 44mm , Depth: 2mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667