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 suare fragment of cotton pile with loops covering most of one side.

Part of large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.378
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: Width: 163mm , Length: 149mm , Depth: 4mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667