Karanis / woven fragment / Wool

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.01.3821
Other Number: Wilson 86; Midgley 25.015.355
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: woven fragment
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Textiles
Materials: Wool
Length: 15;
Width: ;11
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of woven wool fabric with yellowed warp, three blue/black tapestry bands, three blue/black tapestry figures (birds?) and two sections of red weft-twining. One section consists of two rows of countered weft-twining along one edge. Very little remains of the other twining row along the opposite edge. The twining loops pass over two warps each. The blue/black tapestry bands vary in width. All three are narrow at one edge (from 1 cm, 0.7 cm and 1.5 cm wide). The top and bottom bands widen to 4.3 cm and 5 cm. Thne center band widens to 1.3 cm. There are small linen slit tapestry triangles along one or two edges of each of the wider parts of the top and bottom bands. There are remnants of very deteriorated linen weft-wrapping within all three blue/black bands.
Subjects: Peacock?
Unit Grid Number: 0249
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: Dirty and very worn. There are large edge tears and small interior holes. Damaged or missing wefts leave exposed warps. Parts of the weft-twining are missing.
Fabric Structure: Weft-faced plain weave, slit tapestry, eccentric weft and weft-wrapping.
Border Type: none
Selvedge Type: none
Sewing: There are a few remnants of modern repair sewing.
Yarn #: 13821.WA.01;13821.WE.01;13821.WE.02;13821.WE.03;13821.WE.04
Function: warp;weft;weft;weft-twining;weft-wrapping and slit tapestry
Color: off white/yellowed (OITHL);off white/yellowed (OITHL);blue/black (433);dull red (484);pale beige (OISH)
Yarns/cm: 8;30;38;;
Structure: single;single;single;4-ply;single
Spin: s;s;s;ssssZ;s
Twist Level: high;low;med;high;low
Fiber: wool;wool;wool;wool;flax
Publication Title: Ancient Textiles from Egypt in the University of Michigan Collection
Publication Author: Wilson, L.M.
Publication Year: 1933
Type Category: Textile

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2258 x 1704
File Size: 305 KB
Record: 0000.01.3821
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3821/0000_01_3821p01.tif

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Full citation: "Karanis; woven fragment; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.3821/0000_01_3821p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.

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