Berenike BE97 0118 Wool taqueté with 'Christmas tree' pattern, z/s
Catalogue number
BE97 0118
Inventory number
0715 I
Description
Strip of fine tabby with three bands of blue/undyed weft-faced compound tabby decoration.
"[T]he earliest securely stratified and dated taqueté in the Roman world" (Wild & Wild 2018).
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
45
mm
W.
220
mm
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
fine
Fabric structure
tabby
Warp and weft identified
✓
Second weave type
weft-faced compound tabby
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | wool | wool | ||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
| Colour | undyed | blue | ||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | medium | medium | ||
| Twist | z | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 15.0 | 50.0 | ||
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FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Undyed yarn in system 1. Blue yarn in system 2.
Pattern
Includes motifs of stepped chevrons, diamonds, and truncated decoration. Undyed warp spun to one side. Possibly different motif in truncated decoration.
References
Wild, Felicity C., and John Peter Wild. “Textile Contrasts at Berenike.” In The Eastern Desert of Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period: Archaeological Reports, edited by Jean-Pierre Brun, Thomas Faucher, Bérangère Redon, and Steven Sidebotham. Collège de France, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.cdf.5254.
Wild, John Peter, and Felicity C. Wild. “The Textiles.” In Berenike 1998: Report of the 1998 Excavations at Berenike and the Survey of the Eastern Desert Including Excavations at Wadi Kalalat, edited by Steven E. Sidebotham and Willeke Wendrich, 251–74. CNWS Publications. Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), 2000.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001
