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 undyed cotton with a thick green stripe with two narrow stripes either side, one green, one blue.

F; Z/Z; 1; 15/12 ; u blu/ u blu ; – ; 1 ; 15.5x 2.3. strip + remains of hem (Sply F) along one long edge

Large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.585
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: 152mm , Width: 120mm , Depth: 5mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667