Ancient Egyptian wool fragment from Karanis dated After AD 642

One of eight multicoloured woollen textile fragments of varying size. With a geometric pattern of stripes and squares in yellow, orange, red, brown, green, blue and purple.

Ancient Egyptian wool fragment from Karanis dated After AD 642

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1930.19.299.2
  • Material: wool
  • Period: Arab Period
  • Excavator: Joseph Starkey
  • Dated: After AD 642
  • Object name: wool fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 167mm , Width: 51mm
  • 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