Inv. no 15863
Balanced linen tabby, conserved in a good, organic condition. The fabric has single z-twisted threads; it's one of the two cases in this corpus of single threads. Many differences on the quality of the threads, some are finer, some are thicker, the degree of the twist varies considerably and there are visible knots in the threads most probably where the threads have been broken and repaired.
On one side of the fabric, there are visible traces of a finer, blackish, degraded thread inserted in the cloth, diameter 0,14mm – in relation with some voluntary perforations observed in the textile fragment.
This fabric conserves the only final edge that we have observed in this corpus, ending in fringes.
Grave Circle :
B
Tomb:
unknown
Textile ID:
Inv. no 15863
Funerary context:
Inhumation
Date:
17th-16th c. BCE
Museum:
Hellenic National Archaeological Museum
State of conservation:
Organic
Weave:
Balanced tabby
Threads Structure System I:
z
Threads Structure System II:
z
Threads diameter System I:
0,25-0,34
Threads diameter System II:
0,19-0,42 (mean 0,30-0,33)
Thread count System I:
17
Thread count System II:
20
Material System I:
Flax
Material System II:
Flax
Structural elements:
A small part of a final edge has been preserved. The warp threads are twisted in pairs forming a fringe.
Decorative elements:
Voluntary perforations in the fabric suggest the presence of a supplementary thread that has now vanished. Moreover, there are some traces of a black thread inserted in the cloth.
Analyses:
Macroscopic observation / optical microscope / SEM
Dimensions:
4 fragments: fgm 1: max ca 5x5 cm; fgm 2a: max 7x5 cm; fgm 2b: 5,5x5,5, fgm 3: 11x4 cm
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