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Berenike BE96 0490 Cotton rope

Catalogue number BE96 0490 Inventory number 4060 I Description Remains of what was once an S plied 2 ply rope, possibly Z spun, now c.9 mm thick, but highly degraded. Fibres look like badly prepared flax, i.e. tow. Previous entry therefore probably wrong in its interpretation, i.e. both 0489 and 0490 represent remains of cotton string or rope.
Context
Site Berenike Context BE96 12.010 PB010 Excavation year 1996
Basic information
Preservation state organic Object class rope
Material flax
Fibre identification method naked eye
Yarn structure plied
Diameter average 9.0 mm
Diameter range
Data recorded by Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild Data entered by Bela Dimova Date of study 1994-2001