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

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

Fragment of cotton textile comprising a decorative band of twisted and knotted threads forming a cross patterned openwork border. From one end are the remains of tassles and the opposite side is the main body of the textile which is much weakened and torn.
C; S/S; 1 ; 8/10 ; u ; B.latt.7.fr ; 1 ; 23×26, twining only above ; fr tassels with 2 added threads, L.11 cm

Large collection of textile from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:2007.45.532
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: 266mm , Width: 260mm , Depth: 2mm
Site: Qasr Ibrim

Latitude: 22.650278
Longitude: 31.991667