Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.3689
- Other Number
- Midgley 25.015.210
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 26;
- Width
- ;17
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragment of woven wool fabric with 2-ply yellow warp and weft in various shades of brown (shaded stripes?) and a very small amount of red, with weft-wrapping. The widest solid colored bands are brown/gold. There is a ribbed selvedge along one edge. The weft-wrapping is very deteriorated but may have originally been very elaborate.
- Subjects
- Menorah?
- Unit Grid Number
- 0249
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Very dirty and worn. There are a few small interior holes and larger edge tears. Only a small portion of the selvedge remains. The weft-wrapping is very deteriorated. There is some weft edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave and weft-wrapping.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- Ribbed 4(1,1,3,3)
- Selvedge Width
- 12
- Selvedge Details
- Although the two inside selvedge ribs only have one warp each, the weft makes extra passes around them, so they are included as part of the selvedge.
- Sewing
- none
- Yarn #
- 13689.WA.01;13689.WE.01;13689.WE.02;13689.WE.03
- Function
- warp;weft - widest solid colored bands;weft;weft-wrapping
- Color
- off white/lightly yellowed (465);pale brown/gold (464);varies, brown/black (440), medium brown/orange (469), light medium brown (USZO), deep brown (476), deep red (1807);pale beige (OISH)
- Yarns/cm
- 5;28;30;
- Structure
- 2-ply;single;single;single
- Spin
- ssZ;s;s;s
- Twist Level
- med;varies, med - low;varies, low- high;med
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;flax
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 321 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.3689
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3689/0000_01_3689p01.tif
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