Site Qasr Ibrim Context QI05 25382 Excavation year 2005

Dimensions L. 280 mm W. 130 mm Preservation state organic Fabric structure basket weave Warp and weft identified ✓

Other features Weft like this between pile rows 1-2, 2-3, but between 3-4, 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7, one thin and one thick spliced yarn (numbered from surviving patch of plain ground) Ground (in warp direction): 95mm, then pile row 1; 1-2 is 16 weft shots; 2-3 is 14 shots; 3-4 damaged, but 12; 4-5 14; 5-6 11, 6-7 breaks off. Pile rows: 4 warp pairs are grouped to be anchor point for each pile unit. Each pile unit consists of a pair of S plied 2 ply S spliced yarns, wrapped twice round the warp bundle. Longest pile strand now 45mm long. No sign of any linking loops between ends of pile strands. Considerable irregularity. Sometimes 5 or 6 pairs taken into grouping, sometimes (50%) adjacent warp pairs are eliminated to the back of the fabric. Sometimes individual warp pairs are eliminated from what would have been the centre of the group. Sometimes 2 weft pairs are put into shot immediately before the pile row. All very irregular! The pile maker had no fixed routine. + 1 extra fragment 40mm x 80mm