Karanis / Wool
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.02.2556
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 17.5;
- Width
- ;32.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Heavy fragment of beige woven wool fabric with a ribbed selvedge and a row of loops 1 cm from an edge. A few of the loose warps near one corner have been tied in overhand knots.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- C0062
- Component/Room
- 00F
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and somewhat worn. There is an edge tear and, also, a small interior hole. The raw weft edge is frayed.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Structure Details
- 1 cm from a weft-wise edge, there is a discontinuous row of weft loops. This extra weft uses a 2-strand yarn. The loops are only on one face of the fabric. There are many weaving errors, warp and weft floats and a few knots.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- Ribbed 2(2,2)
- Selvedge Width
- 7
- Selvedge Details
- Weft makes extra passes around the selvedge warps.
- Sewing
- none
- Yarn #
- 22556.WA.01;22556.WE.01
- Function
- warp;weft
- Color
- beige (465 dull);beige (465 dull)
- Yarns/cm
- 5;18
- Structure
- single;single
- Spin
- s;s
- Twist Level
- high;high
- Fiber
- wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 295 KB
- Record
- 0000.02.2556
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.2556/0000_02_2556p01.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:0000.02.2556:0000_02_2556P01.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-0000.02.2556/0000_02_2556p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.