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

Woollen coarse weave. Ground colour yellow, stripes in purple, red and blue. Warps twisted and woven in ones and twos alternately.

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

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.201
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: wool fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 177mm , Width (Widest point): 140mm
  • 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