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Cordage & Misc

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Site Catalogue number Object class Raw material Twist Diameter avg Description
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1596 cord cotton s Debris: cord, Z plied strands, other cords/thread, cotton lint.
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1613 yarn cotton Debris: mass of tangled and knotted 2 ply and 3 ply yarns/threads, including a Meroitic openwork…
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1624 yarn s Mass of fine yarns, strong S spun, corkscrewed. Measures 70mm x 40mm x 10mm
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1630 cord palm s Short length of cord. Fine twisted strips of leaf, possibly palm; length 160mm
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1631 fibres and yarn wool Debris: principally lint, blue fluff (wool), bits of string and thread
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1651 fibres - processing waste cotton Debris consists of fragment of thin leather, cotton lint, length of cotton string. 10 ply z plied,…
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1704 fibres - processing waste Debris
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1714 yarn cotton s Bundle of probably unused spun yarns. Possibly original Meroitic cotton
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1715 fibres - processing waste cotton Debris: cotton lint, cotton plied thread, scraps
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1738 string Z24s Thick plied cord/string, Z plied from 24 S spun yarns. Width 4mm, length 490mm.
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1739 cord goat hair S3 4.0 Black goat-hair cord, diam. 4mm, S plied from three strands. Length 180mm. Each strand Z plied from…
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1740 cord cotton Length of cord, may be cordeline torn off. Diam. c. 3mm. Length 130mm. Individual S spun yarns feed…
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1741 fibres - processing waste flax s Debris includes cotton lint and short length of flax yarn. Flax yarn degraded, of sacking quality.
Qasr Ibrim QI90 1745 fibres wool Mass of bright yellow (weld yellow?) wool fibres. Fibres crimpy. Wool staples with crimp visible.
En Rahel ER 085 braid goat hair z Goat hair braid. Size of fragment 5.5 x 5.5 cm
En Rahel ER 099 fibres wool Wool skein
En Rahel ER 100 fibres wool Wool skein
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/033 [TT/85/33] cord animal hair 3 lengths of cord in an animal (?goat) fibre. 2-ply, Z-plied (sic) (low twist) from 2 weak S-spun…
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/034 [TT/85/34] cord animal hair Z4S2z 2.0 Cord, 4 lengths of very neat knotted ?wool cord. Very neat, but function not clear; possibly in…
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/036 [TT/85/36] string plant fibre Z2s 1.0 String, 4 piece of same knotted black string, ?vegetal origin. 2-ply, tightly Z-plied (but now…
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/050/002 [TT/85/50] fibres animal hair Short lengths of fibre bundles, no twist (except accidental), max.l. 35mm. Bundles consist of…
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/054 [TT/85/54] unidentified/not textile Not textile (JPW)
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/055/003 [TT/85/55C] cord animal hair Cord in ?goat hair. Cord (2-3mm thick, max.l. 1.05m) weak S-plied from 6 glossy black weak Z-spun…
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/062 [TT/85/62] string animal hair S2z 1.0 2-ply string, S-plied from 2 weak Z-spun yarns of fine but stiff animal hair: not sampled. 2-ply…
Vindolanda VIN TT/85/076 [TT/85/76] unidentified/not textile Black organic mass (25 x 20mm), not textile (CC, JPW)