A textile fragment from the Dalagergård grave

Abstract

A textile fragment from the Dalagergård grave

Found around the pin of a bronze fibula from a Late Roman Iron Age grave from Dalagergaard was a small fragment of a tablet-woven border, made with at least 6 tablets. The piece was made of Z/Z-spun yarn; density about 7 tablets per ½ cm. Tablet­woven horders are fairly common in textile finds from the Late Roman Iron Age, while ribbed borders were preferred in the Early Roman Iron Age.

Lise Bender Jørgensen