Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.3027
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.150.023
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 4;
- Width
- ;12
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Small fragment of woven wool fabric with yellow warp and weft and a 0.8 cm wide blue/black weft band along one edge. There are three rows of countered weft-twining. One is 0.2 cm below the blue/black band. The other two are 1.3 cm below the blue/black band. These two do not go completely across the fabric. Each twining loop passes over three warps. There are a few brown stitches.
- Unit Grid Number
- 5043
- Component/Room
- 00B
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and worn. There are a few small edge tears. One very small piece of the fragment is attached by only one or two wefts.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There are two brown stitches, 0.5 cm and 0.6 cm long, that wrap around a corner.
- Yarn #
- 13027.WA.01;13027.WE.01;13027.WE.02;13027.WE.03;13027.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;weft;weft-twining;sewing
- Color
- off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/yellowed (OITHL);blue/black (433);off white/yellowed (OITHL);medium brown/orange (469)
- Yarns/cm
- 12;30 (two counts only);28 (based on one 0.5 cm count only);;
- Structure
- single;single;single;3-ply;single
- Spin
- s;s;s;sssZ;s
- Twist Level
- high;low;low;high;med
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2243 x 1633
- File Size
- 162 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.3027
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3027/0000_01_3027p01.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-0000.01.3027/0000_01_3027p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024.