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Cordage & Misc

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Site Catalogue number Object class Raw material Twist Diameter avg Description
Berenike BE94 0105 yarn wool s 0.3 Z-twisted bundle of dark-blue yarns, medium S spun. c. 15 in bundle. Purpose unknown. Yarns 0.3 mm…
Berenike BE94 0106 yarn s 0.3 Bundle of medium S spun yarns - greeny-blue. Each yarn c. 0.3 mm thick. Length 50 mm. Function…
Berenike BE94 0115 yarn s Blue dyed fine S spun yarn.
Berenike BE94 0123 cord cotton z S-twisted cord, that may be accidental rather than deliberate - very loose. Contains 22 blue and…
Berenike BE94 0124 string cotton Z2S2z String - Z plied 2 ply, each unit being S plied from one undyed and one blue yarn, which are Z spun.
Berenike BE94 0128 yarn cotton s Tangle of thick, S spun cotton yarns, c. 2-3 mm thick. Purpose unknown.
Berenike BE94 0168 yarn s Bundles of fine S spun blue yarns, form and function unknown, adhering to mass (166 and 167 above…
Berenike BE95 0181 fibres cotton Mass of cotton fibres, looking as if they had never been processed in any way. Shaped almost like a…
Berenike BE96 0200 fibres wool Fragments of unspun wool from sieving, now felted.. (a) length of unspun brown fleece, with crimp…
Berenike BE96 0203 cord wool z Length of twisted cord, 70 mm long, diam. 4 mm.. Primary unit: weak/medium Z spun wool. Vari-…
Berenike BE96 0208 yarn s Tiny knot of coarse, weak S spun yarn, pale green.
Berenike BE96 0209 yarn s Bundle of medium S spun dark blue yarns, Z twisted together. Possibly 10 in bundle or cord.
Berenike BE96 0216 fibres wool Length of unspun brown fleece with crimp, no pointed ends visible, not primitive fleece.
Berenike BE96 0217 fibres wool Unspun, crimped, undyed pale buff wool, fine fibres, white wool fleece.
Berenike BE96 0232 fibres Decayed, very pale fibrous matter. not textile
Berenike BE96 0234 string Z2s Minute scrap of 2 ply string, z plied from s spun yarns
Berenike BE96 0271 yarn wool s Short length of parallel wool yarns
Berenike BE96 0272 fibres General fibre detritus, including string
Berenike BE96 0281 string String of different sorts, heavily degraded.
Berenike BE96 0282 yarn S2z Length of reddish 2-ply yarn, possibly discoloured cotton.
Berenike BE96 0316 yarn z Blue Z spun ?cotton. No fabric
Berenike BE96 0323 fibres wool Brown wool fibres of varied diameter
Berenike BE96 0355 fibres wool Scrap of bright red wool fluff. Possibly ancient but not certain..
Berenike BE96 0407 yarn wool s Short lengths of medium S spun red wool yarn.
Berenike BE96 0408 yarn wool Z2s Sundry plied wool yarns: Z plied, S spun. + blue yarn, S spun.