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Berenike BE94 0090 Linen tabby, s/s

Catalogue number BE94 0090 Description Scrap of tabby with self-bands
Context
Site Berenike Context BE94/1 002 PB5 Excavation year 1994
Basic information
Preservation state organic Fabric structure tabby
System 1 System 2 Warp 2 Suppl. yarn
Material flax flax
Fibre identification method naked eye naked eye
Colour
Yarn structure single single
Twist strength medium medium
Twist s s
Twist angle average
Twist angle range
Diameter average
Diameter range
Thread count average 22.0 8.0
Thread count range
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours Sewing yarn 1 red. Sewing yarn 2 blue. Pattern self-band Pattern element self-band
Sewing
Description Visible on one face of the cloth but not on the other are thick red stitches of uncertain purpose and course - and the possible fragment of a dark blue stitch. Red and dark blue are presumably wool. Sewing yarn colour red Sewing yarn fibre wool Sewing yarn 2 colour blue
Data recorded by Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild Data entered by Bela Dimova Date of study 1994-2001