Site: Red House Farm, Corbridge
County: Northumberland
Present location: Corbridge Roman Town Museum? (TBC)

Preservation type: preserved organic
Dimensions: 25mm x 25mm
Material: Plant (linen?)
Technique: Woven
Structure: Balanced tabby

Warp/weft can be identified: no

	System A	System B
Spin direction	Z-spun single	Z-spun single
Twist angle (deg)	Not given	Not given
Diameter	Not given	Not given
Ends/cm	10	10

Description: unevenly spun, irregular weave

Textile finish: not noted

Selvedge: not present

Starting border: not present

Ending border: not present

Damage/Wear: in system 1, one pick has a pair of threads. Suggested to be the result of damage rather than a weaving fault. Also in system 1, a ‘snagged’ loop on the surface.

Additions/Alterations: not present

Context: attached to a dupondius of Vespasian, found in a post-trench for an internal partition of building 8

Textile use: possibly used as a purse or purse lining

Dating: late 1st century CE (Vespasian was emperor 69–79 CE)

Reference:
Wild, J.P. 1979. Textile fragment, in Daniels, C.M., Hanson, W.S., Gillam, J.P., Dore, J.N., The Agricolan supply base at Red House, Corbridge. Archaeologia Aeliana 7, pp. 74–75. doi: 10.5284/1060688.

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