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 large fragment of cotton pile, the pile is in a pattern of connected triangles. One edge has selvedge.

Part of large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.368
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: 957mm , Width: 890mm , Depth: 4mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667