Berenike BE96 0489 Flax fibres

Catalogue number BE96 0489 Inventory number 3879 I Description Material which looks like an assemblage of prepared flax before spinning. Staple length at least 60 mm (No, much shorter). Mostly white, but some of it brownish. (No, see below).

Context

Site Berenike Context BE96 12.ct PB005 Excavation year 1996

Basic information

Preservation state organic Object class fibres


Material	flax
Fibre identification method	naked eye
Yarn structure
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Data recorded by Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild Data entered by Bela Dimova Date of study 1994-2001