HNAM inv. no Π 15864_c
Very degraded fabric. In most areas, the threads have opened and the fibrils are visible; the threads have lost their structure and the fabric has a felt-like appearance. Like in HNAM inv. no Π 9616_c, which is very probably the same fabric, the weft direction is Z-plied. In some rare areas, the weave has been preserved; it is again a tabby, and the open structure of the textile suggests more likely a balanced tabby rather than a weft-faced one. This fabric is associated with a red colour.
Grave Circle :
B
Tomb:
N
Textile ID:
HNAM inv. no Π 15864_c
Group :
ΗΝΑΜ inv. no Π 9616_c
Funerary context:
Inhumation
Date:
17th-16th c. BCE
Date of Discovery:
1953
Museum:
Hellenic National Archaeological Museum
Excavator:
Ioannis Papadimitriou
State of conservation:
Highly Mineralised
Weave:
Balanced tabby
Threads Structure System I:
S2*z
Threads Structure System II:
Z2*s
Threads diameter System I:
0.45-0.49
Threads diameter System II:
0.54-0.65
Thread count System I:
12
Thread count System II:
14
Material System I:
?
Material System II:
?
Analyses:
Macroscopic observation / HPLC
Notes:
The HPLC analysis hasn't given any results due to the great degradation of the fabric and the presence of the wax.
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