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Berenike BE94 0014 Wool tabby, s/s

Catalogue number BE94 0014 Description Fragments of brown tabby with traces of stitching.
Context
Site Berenike Context BE94/1 002 Excavation year 1994
Basic information
Dimensions L. 110 mm W. 55 mm Preservation state organic Fabric structure tabby Warp and weft identified ✓
System 1 System 2 Warp 2 Suppl. yarn
Material wool wool
Fibre identification method naked eye naked eye
Colour
Yarn structure single single
Twist strength strong weak
Twist s s
Twist angle average
Twist angle range
Diameter average
Diameter range
Thread count average 9.0 12.0
Thread count range
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours Pale yellow sewing yarn.
Sewing
Description Traces of stitching, possibly a patch. Frag. 1) folded over parallel to weft and sewn through with pale (yellow) sewing thread. Weak S spun, worked in pairs. Just a few traces left. Frag. 2) also folded over. Edge of fold penetrated by single yarn of Z-plied 2 ply S spun goat-hair. It is sealed by the yellow stitches, as in frag 1). Sewing yarn colour pale yellow Sewing yarn structure paired Sewing yarn twist strength weak Sewing yarn twist direction ss Sewing yarn 2 fibre goat hair Sewing yarn 2 structure plied Sewing yarn 2 twist direction Z2s
Data recorded by Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild Data entered by Bela Dimova Date of study 1994-2001