ΗΝΑΜ inv. no Π 9566_c

Among the textiles found with the fragmented bronze vase, several display the characteristics of tapestry decoration. They mostly conserve a single thread direction, the weft forming the decoration, while minute traces of very degraded, blackish, warp threads are visible between the weft. The loops formed by the weft changing direction to form the tapestry design are visible in every fragment, while in some of them are conserved few or many traces of the darker background fabric. 

No sample has been collected for fibre identification from the decorative thread nor the background fabric, so there is no sure identification of the material used. However, the background fabric, conserved in a very degraded state, was, very probably, made of animal material, which would explain the great difference in its conservation from the decoration thread, which has the characteristic aspect of plant thread, most probably flax. These characteristics align with the ones of the fabric ΗΝΑΜ inv. no Π 9651_b, from the same grave, which conserves a light colour tapestry decoration on a dark, degraded, background fabric, dyed with a bright purple colour. These technical characteristics, along with the fact these textile fragments have all been discovered in a very limited area of the grave, near the bones of the first deceased, invites the thought that the textiles ΗΝΑΜ inv. no Π 9566_c and 9651_b may belong to the same fabric.