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

A fragment of coarse woollen fabric. The warp threads are brown and the weft threads are yellow nd brown mingled. The warp threads are woven in twos. Selvedge on one side.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.19
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: wool fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 232mm , Width: 190mm
  • Published references: Jane C Batcheller Late Roman Textiles from Karanis Egypt an investigation into the characterization of archaeological textiles PhD thesis Manchester University 2002 cat 159
  • Site: Karanis
  • Latitude: 29.517778
  • Longitude: 30.903333