Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2783
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.151.027
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 8.5;
- Width
- ;4
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Small fragment of brown/gold woven wool fabric with a 1.2 cm blue/black weft band near one edge. There is a gap with no weft and then a few damaged brown/gold weft yarns, so original width is unknown. There is one stitch in the blue/black band.
- Unit Grid Number
- 5016
- Component/Room
- 00A
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Somewhat dirty. Very worn, with one small interior hole and several larger edge tears. One very small piece, near the blue/black weft band is attached by only three warps. There is some edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- Varies, weft predominant to almost balanced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There is one yellow stitch, 0.4 cm long, in the blue/black band.
- Yarn #
- 12783.WA.01;12783.WE.01;12783.WE.02;12783.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;weft;sewing
- Color
- light brown/gold (463);light brown/gold (463);blue/black (433);off white/lightly yellowed (465)
- Yarns/cm
- 13;24;too few for accurate count;
- Structure
- single;single;single;single, used doubled
- Spin
- s;s;s;s
- Twist Level
- high;low;low;med
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2144 x 1668
- File Size
- 156 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.2783
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2783/0000_01_2783p01.tif
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"Karanis; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2783/0000_01_2783p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.