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

Bundle of tangled strands of brown cotton.
C; S/S; 1, sel-strs ; 5/8 ; u ; B.border prs, fr C.1; 1 ; frags open ?veil (?pt 76.T/60 or similar); end border 3 self-str 6 tabby, 3s-strs, 1.5cm selv.wps packed c.2 ?

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.544
  • 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 (opened out): 220mm , Width (opened out): 60mm , Depth (opened out): 2mm , Length (as bundle): 215mm , Width (as bundle): 123mm , Depth (as bundle): 10mm
  • Site: Qasr Ibrim
  • Latitude: 22.650278
  • Longitude: 31.991667