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Qasr Ibrim QI00 0626 Plant bast fibre, S2*

Catalogue number QI00 0626 Description Knotted bundle of spliced yarns and tassel. Small tassel made of ?flax, spliced. The thread associated with it is spliced, S twist from 2 Z spun units, tied round the end. c.45mm long. Brought from Kom Ombo Antiquities Store to Shellal in 2008
Context
Site Qasr Ibrim Context QI00 22000 Excavation year 2000
Basic information
Preservation state organic Object class yarn
Material
Fibre identification method
Yarn structure spliced
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Diameter range
Data recorded by Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild Data entered by Bela Dimova Date of study 2007