textile; 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.677.b

Period:Unknown Production date:3rdC-4thC (circa)
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:woven, 織造 (Chinese), plain weave, 絹 (Chinese),

Dimensions:Length: 15.80 centimetres Width: 6 centimetres

Description:
A bolt of white silk plain weave, broken into two sections and in a very fragile condition. This is fragment b. Weave structures: Warp: silk, untwisted, single, white; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, white, both warps and wefts are arranged tightly. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 白色絹匹料，原爲一卷，十分脆弱，現已攔腰斷成兩截。此截編號為b。 組織結構： 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，白色；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，白色，經緯密度均較大；組織：1/1平紋。
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Comments:”L.A.I.002. Roll of yellow silk fabric, unused; very dry and brittle; broken in two; plain weave. Found on completely eroded ground, S. of L.A. Stupa and near L.A.I. Length complete 1 foot 6 3/4 inches, diam. 2 1/2 inches x 1 inch. See above, pp.373 sq. Pl.XXXVII.” [Stein, Serindia (1921), pp.432-433]