Qasr Ibrim QI05 0030 Debris

Catalogue number QI05 0030 Description Mass of 'cotton wool' with seeds and Z plied 4 ply S single cotton thread, diam. 0.75mm, apparently knotted to another identical thread. Netting remains? Also ?flax fibres from working and yellowish wool fibres. Tuft of dark goat hair, scraps of blue dyed cotton yarn (S single) and wool staples

Context

Site Qasr Ibrim Context QI05 25304 Excavation year 2005

Basic information

Preservation state organic Object class fibres


Material	cotton	flax
Fibre identification method	naked eye	naked eye
Yarn structure	plied
Diameter average
Diameter range

Data recorded by Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild Data entered by Bela Dimova Date of study 2005