Karanis / Knitted Fragment / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.3178
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.022.004
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- Knitted Fragment
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 17;
- Width
- ;11
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- The above measurements do not reflect warp and weft directions. This is a fragment of yellowed needle knitting (cross knit looping?). Part of the fragment was knitted at right angles to the rest.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- 5055
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and worn. There are a few small interior holes and edge tears.
- Fabric Structure
- Needle knitting (cross loop knitting?).
- Sewing
- none
- Yarn #
- 13178.YN.01
- Function
- main element
- Color
- off white/yellowed (OITHL)
- Structure
- 3-ply
- Spin
- zzzS
- Twist Level
- low
- Fiber
- wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2236 x 1519
- File Size
- 184 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.3178
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3178/0000_01_3178p01.tif
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"Karanis; Knitted Fragment; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3178/0000_01_3178p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.