Karanis / Wool

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.01.3772
Other Number: Midgley 25.015.301
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Textiles
Materials: Wool
Length: 16;
Width: ;10.5
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of yellowed woven wool fabric with three blue/black weft bands. The complete band is 3.5 cm wide. The other two bands are very damaged. One is approximately 0.7 cm, the other is too deteriorated for an accurate measurement. Between the three bands, the yellow wefts measure approximately 0.4 cm. Edging the intact blue/black band there are linen slit tapestry elements, 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm wide, using two warps each. In between, there are two unused warps. Along one edge of the next blue/black band, the linen slit tapestry uses 5 warps each, with one unused warp between. Along one edge of the Weft-wrapping within the blue/black bands is very deteriorated and patterning is unreadable. A small piece of similar yellowed woven wool fabric was sewn on along one edge. A bundle of unevenly dyed red yarn is tangled with some of the loose yarns.
Unit Grid Number: 0249
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: Somewhat dirty and very worn. There are large edge tears and damaged wefts that leave exposed warps. Weft edges are frayed.
Fabric Structure: Weft-faced plain weave, slit tapestry and weft-wrapping.
Border Type: none
Selvedge Type: none
Sewing: A very small piece of similar fabric was sewn on along a warp-wise edge using overcast stitches, 0.4 cm to 1.3 cm long.
Yarn #: 13772.WA.01;13772.WE.01;13772.WE.02;13772.WE.03;13772.YN.01
Function: warp;weft;weft;weft-wrapping;sewing
Color: off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/yellowed (OITHL);blue/black (433);pale beige (OISH);off white/yellowed (OITHL)
Yarns/cm: 8;40;46;;
Structure: single;single;single;single;single, used doubled
Spin: s;s;s;s;s
Twist Level: high;low;low;low;high
Fiber: wool;wool;wool;flax;wool
Type Category: Textile

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 209 KB
Record: 0000.01.3772
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3772/0000_01_3772p01.tif

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