Site Vindolanda Context Vindolanda via principalis to W of VIA Excavation year 1985 Site phase

Dimensions L. 190 mm W. 150 mm Preservation state organic Relative quality fine Fabric structure 2/2 twill Twill pattern diamond Pattern repeat after 10 of (1) warp (with displacement), 11 of (2) weft (including both points) (dp2r). Regular throughout web.

Other features System 1 yarn not close packed. System 2 l. excludes knot. [Sampled.] Difference in count between (1) and (2) definite. Fault: 2 adjacent weft threads reverse position without affecting pattern draft regularity, once only (sic) Medium brown; all edges now torn, 2 adjacent sides might have been cut. Now bare of any nap. Loop in one corner of textile formed from detached strip (c.10-13mm wide) of same web, knotted at each end to body of cloth (internal diameter c.50mm) (shown in light grey): knot 1: separate strip of cloth (10-13mm wide) (in light grey) passes through small hole (c.15mm in diameter) near cloth edge and is knotted once, simply, round outer edge of hole; knot 2: same strip of cloth as in knot 1 (shown in light grey) is knotted simply round a projecting strip of main web (marked in dark grey), and is tucked into knot and ends there. Detached extra fragment of same textile: (1) max.l. c.60mm, (2) max.l. c.70mm Function: utilitarian (carrying loop?) in secondary use