Recent Excavations at the Pharaonic Port of Mersa Gawasis on the Red Sea, 2004-2005 Field Season

Textiles

Twenty textile fragments were found, mainly in WG 24. They are characterized by a loose weave with an equal number of single threads (S-spun yarn) in both warp and weft directions. The woven textiles were made by passing one weft thread over and under the warp threads, i.e., "tabby weave" (see Vogelsang-Eastwood 2000: 274).
Three fragments from the entrance corridor of WG 24 were found sticking to mud plaster or small branches.