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

Five fragments of cotton coated with a black substance, possibly resin. There is a circle which has a hemmed edge, a rectangle which is folded and sewn and maybe a bag and three plaited lengths.

C/W; S/S; 2 ; 11prs/52 ; u/r ; – ; 1 ;
C ; S/S ; 2 ; 11/7prs ; u ; – ;
C ; S ; plait ; – ; u ; – ;
14×101.5, Quiver pt. v f close wft face V over ?wp prs solid ? dec.rows knots in Zply uC thread, 1.2-1.4 cm qpqrt, thread continue bet.spots on back of fabrics;
C binding along top edge base circle 7.7 diam; similar C w.2 (detached) broken Zply sewing; with them, quiver strip 6-plait, 6 threads each unit

Large collection of textiles from Qasr Ibrim.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.584
  • 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 (bag): 162mm , Width (bag): 125mm , Depth (bag): 14mm , Length (circle): 76mm , Width (circle): 76mm , Depth (circle): 5mm , Length (longest plait): 119mm , Width (longest plait): 6mm , Object
  • Site: Qasr Ibrim
  • Latitude: 22.650278
  • Longitude: 31.991667