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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