Contents Archaeological Textiles Review Editorial 2 ATR is published by the Friends of ATN, hosted by the Centre for Textile Research in Copenhagen. Articles Editors: Eva Andersson Strand An exceptional way to join two textiles: 3 Karina Grömer A textile fragment from Hisn al-Bab, Egypt Mary Harlow Anne Kwaspen Jane Malcolm-Davies Ulla Mannering Bandages for Bastet: a study of three 6 Egyptian cat mummies Luise Ørsted Brandt, Anne Haslund Hansen, Hussein Shokry & Chiara Villa Scientifi c committ ee: John Peter Wild, UK The analysis and conservation of a 21 Lise Bender Jørgensen, Norway 5th century CE child’s tunic from Egypt Elisabeth Wincott Heckett , Ireland Christina Margariti, Ina Vanden Berghe, Johanna Banck-Burgess, Germany Gabriela Sava & Tina Chanialaki Tereza Štolcová, Slovakia Heidi Sherman, USA Cultural interconnections: textile craft and 32 Claudia Merthen, Germany burial practices in Early Medieval Sudan Christina Margariti, Greece Elsa Yvanez, Mary Lou Murillo, Vincent Francigny & Alex de Voogt Layout: Karina Grömer Medieval Nubia: a contribution to the 45 Cover: Pernille Højfeld Nielsen study of textiles from Meinarti Iron shears from Cascina Grande Magdalena M. Wozniak & Barbara Czaja (Image: Polo Museale della Lombardia) Exploring the construction of a Bronze Age 56 Print: Grafi sk braided band from Dartmoor, UK University of Copenhagen Celia Elliott -Minty Dating loom weights from 65 Százhalombatt a-Földvár, Hungary Subscription information: To purchase Sophie Bergerbrant & Magdolna Vicze a printed copy of the latest Archaeological Textiles Review, please visit: Early Iron Age Textile Tools 83 www.webshophum-en.ku.dk/shop/ from the Požega Valley, Croatia archaeological-textiles-333c1.html. Hrvoje Potrebica & Julia Katarina Fileš Kramberger Information about institutional subscriptions is also available here. Late La Tène and Early Roman textile tools 101 This will also provide membership of from Dorno, Italy the Friends of ATN. Serena Scansett i Visit www.atnfriends.com to learn more about the organisation. Animal hair evidence in an 11th century 109 female grave in Luistari, Finland ISSN 2245-7135 Tuija Kirkinen, Krista Vajanto & Stina Björklund Archaeological Textiles Review No. 62 Articles High Medieval textiles of Asian and Middle Eastern provenance 126 at Prague castle, Czech Republic Milena Bravermanová, Helena Březinová & Jana Bureš Víchová Pious vanity: Two pairs of 18th century abbesses’ knitt ed gloves 144 Sylvie Odstrčilová The Gällared shroud: a clandestine early 19th century foetal burial 152 Elizabeth E. Peacock, Stina Tegnhed, Emma Maltin & Gordon Turner-Walker Projects Linen twills from the Hallstatt salt mine re-dated 164 Karina Grömer, Margarita Gleba, Mathieu Boudin & Hans Reschreiter Holy hands: studies of knitt ed liturgical gloves 170 Angharad Thomas & Lesley O’Connell Edwards Heritage Gansey Knitt ing Network Project 175 Lisa Litt le Margrethe Hald: the life and work of a textile pioneer 181 Ulrikka Mokdad, Morten Grymer-Hansen & Eva Andersson Strand EuroWeb: a new European network and COST Action 2020-2024 183 Marie Louise Nosch, Agata Ulanowska & Elsa Yvanez Conferences Texel Stocking Project conference 187 Christine Carnie The colour BLUE in ancient Egypt and Sudan 190 Susanne Klose EAA: Annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists 194 Luise Ørsted Brandt, Elsa Yvanez, Matilde Borla, Varvara Busova, Sa- mantha Brown, Bela Dimova, Francesco Meo, Alessandro Quercia, Franc- esca Colett i, Vanessa Forte, Christina Margariti and Stella Spantidaki Resources: New Books and News 199 Archaeological Textiles Review No. 62 1 Editorial The year 2020 is coming to an end and all over the We are currently revising the guidelines for authors world this year has brought challenges, sorrow and and will upload the new version to the homepage new habits to all of us. In academia, it has resulted in soon. Please check there for guidance on style, the cancellation of numerous events and conferences. format and layout for submissions to the journal. In But we have found new ways to meet – on Skype, the meantime, please turn to ATR60 for guidance Teams, Zoom and the like – which have brought on editorial consistency for now. We take pride in unexpected benefi ts. However, many of us have helping experienced researchers as well as newcomers also realised the high value of meeting colleagues in to the fi eld to disseminate their work, but we will, in person and recognised the privilege of being mirrored future, concentrate our editing eff orts on article and in somebody else’s eyes. report content. It takes a lot of time to pass everything In 2021, when we hope the world will start to return through the peer review system, but it is a necessary to normal with the help of vaccines and a milder and rewarding process. 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We off er more opportunities The deadline for research articles for each issue is 1 for colour illustrations than most academic journals, May but project and conference reports and other which is of particular value in the scientifi c and announcements are welcome by 1 October. aesthetic discussion of textiles. The Editors 2 Archaeological Textiles Review No. 62 Articles Anne Kwaspen An exceptional way to join two textiles: A textile fragment from Hisn al-Bab, Egypt Abstract Since 2019, a research project has been ongoing on the many tex le fragments that were excavated in Hisn al-Bab, near Aswan, Egypt (late sixth to early seventh century CE). Part of the study focuses on the determina on of clothing frag- ments. Seams are an important feature for iden fying garments. An inves ga on of these features revealed that one of Hisn al-Bab’s tex le fragments provides evidence for an unusual way of joining two woven tex les without using sewing techniques. Keywords: tex le, Egypt, Nubia, Hisn al-Bab, fi nishing border, seam Introduction The site of Hisn al-Bab, a military installation on a rocky slope and plateau on the eastern bank of the Nile, is situated in southern Egypt at the south end of the fi rst Nile cataract, 10 km south of Aswan. Its importance to the military is obvious because of its strategic location on the frontier between Egypt and Nubia. The archaeological site consists of two fortresses (Gascoigne and Rose 2012; Styhler-Aydın and Döring-Williams 2017).