Inv. no 9616_a

This find, preserved in a heavily mineralised condition, and composed of two fragments, has been dipped in wax during the excavation to remove it from the soil. Like in other similar cases, the wax has covered the textile and is hindering the legibility of technical characteristics in both macroscopic and microscopic levels.

Even in these circumstances, the macroscopic observation underlined the resemblance of this find to another one. Three different textile qualities have been identified, which, despite their really bad preservation condition, seem to correspond to the three textile qualities identified in the find inv. no 15864. The three textiles have been found together, in contact with each other, as in the previous find. Their general aspect, weave, colour, the fact that they have been dipped in wax, all point to the strong possibility that they all form part of the same three fabrics, although the technical characteristics of the textiles inv. no 9616, such as thread diameters and thread count, are very difficult to discern.

Quality 1 is a weft-fabed tabby preserved in a heavily mineralised condition. Its technical characteristics are not discernible. Although a sampling permit has been issued for SEM analysis, the presence of the wax covers the threads and does not allow for any technical details to be observed.