Ancient Egyptian cotton fragment from Qasr Ibrim dated 200 BC - AD 300 - Bolton's Egypt

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

A fragment of a cotton plait, braided together using blue and white braid.

S
plait
u, blue
L.19, circ. 1.2; 6-plait, units 5-6 threads, 4u, 2 blue. mend or join undyed cotton for 3.5 cm

Part of large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.380
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: 192mm , Width: 15mm , Depth: 10mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667