Berenike BE98 1021 Wool tablet-woven band

Catalogue number BE98 1021 Inventory number 0550 I Description Piece of ?tablet weaving, similar structure as BE98 1208, cannot be analysed without destruction. "[L]ight and dark brown warp, from which countered threading or turning of the tablets achieved a ... chevron pattern" (Wild & Wild 2000, p. 262).

Context

Site Berenike Context BE98 21.002 PB4 Excavation year 1998 Site phase

Basic information

Preservation state organic Fabric structure tablet weaving Warp and weft identified ✓

	System 1	System 2
Material	wool
Fibre identification method	naked eye	naked eye
Colour	dark brown, pale undyed
Yarn structure	plied
Twist strength	medium
Twist	S?z
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FURTHER DETAILS

Colours Dark brown, pale undyed yarn in system 1. Other features Possible 4-hole tablet woven alternately light/dark, adjacent tablets turned opposite directions to create countered cords.

References

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