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

Large woollen textile fragment. Brown with 4 even sized purple or dark brown stripes, evenly spaced, running across it. Selvedge on each side. Top edge turned over and sewn in doubled yellow wool.

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

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.88
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: wool fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 347mm , Width: 325mm
  • 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