Ancient Egyptian textile fragment from Karanis dated 30 BC – AD 395

Possibly woollen piece of textile, looking like a crochetwork. Threads forming geometrical patterns: borders filled with squares, broken line running into a smocked surface. Colour yellow.

Ancient Egyptian textile fragment from Karanis dated 30 BC – AD 395

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.115
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: textile fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 180mm , Width (widest point): 90mm
  • Published references: Jane C Batcheller Late Roman Textiles from Karanis Egypt an investigation into the characterization of archaeological textiles PhD thesis Manchester University 2002
  • Site: Karanis
  • Latitude: 29.517778
  • Longitude: 30.903333