HNAM inv. no Π 9651_a

The find is composed of a large mineralised tabby, on the surface of which there are traces of a second fabric. These traces, scattered all over its surface, on both sides, seem to belong to a very degraded, dark coloured fabric, once decorated with tapestry patterns and dyed purple. Five such patterns are still conserved on the surface of the larger tabby, while a larger one and minute ones are conserved freestanding and others in connection with the bronze vase HNAM inv. no Π 9566.

It is a balanced tabby that looks very much like the fabric wrapping the three weapons from the same tomb N (HNAM inv. no Π 8591, 8592, 8589), as well as the balanced tabby found in connection to the bronze vase HNAM inv. no Π 9566 (HNAM inv. no Π 9566_a). It exhibits a dark brown colour with many green copper salts and is conserved in one layer, with a fold at the centre. On the surface of this fabric are many remains of black, degraded threads and beige tapestry patterns belonging to a different textile. Most probably, the black threads correspond to the background fabric of the tapestry that has been degraded (it was probably made with animal fibres and/or dyed).

The fabric is a balanced tabby with many traces of copper oxides and degraded black threads of a different fabric on its surface. The threads have the characteristic S2*z structure found in most of the textiles of the Grave Circle corpus, and seem to have been made with splicing.

On the back side of the fabric there are many traces of silver corrosion, as if a silver object has been degraded and has had a reaction with the presumed wool of the poorly conserved, darker fabric. According to G. Mylonas, the only silver vase of the grave (HNAM inv. no Π 9588) has been found in many small fragments in the area of the bones of the first deceased (West part of the grave). The remains of the vase have been examined and found to contain traces of a very degraded, blackish fabric on its surface. Moreover, there are visible areas with purple colour, most probably deriving from the discoloration of the purple dyed fabric. According to this examination, it seems that the two fabrics were laying on the vase (perhaps wrapped around it) although a more specific observation as to their exact connection to the vase cannot be made at the moment.