Qasr Ibrim QI05 0160 Debris
Catalogue number
QI05 0160
Description
Scrap of lint and seed debris associated with screw of blue and white cotton structure
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
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FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
White cotton yarns: medium S single
Blue cotton yarns: medium S single.
Blue cotton yarns form a Z plied cord consisting of 3 S single yarns. Cord c.1.5mm diam. White and blue threads knotted together, but whole structure unclear.
Length 40mm. Dye on blue ply is differential
(Probable contamination in otherwise Napatan layer?)
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
2005