This find, coverd with wax, is preserved in a very degraded, mineralised condition. The legibility of its technical characteristics by macroscopic observation is very limited.
This find, fipped in wax, is conserved in a very degraded, mineralised condition that allow the legibility of certain technical characteristics only. It probably corresponds to the fabric HNAM inv. no Π 15864_b.
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.
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.
Although partially mineralised, this fabric is in better condition than the first quality and has preserved more organic matter. The threads, again of the same structure, spliced and plied with a final S twist, seem more flexible. The weave is balanced and more open.
The preserved textile is confined to diminutive areas where it directly contacted the metal, and its overall preservation is extremely poor. While technical details are not recoverable, the find demonstrates widespread use of textiles in weapon wrapping across multiple tombs.
A necklace with 14 beads conserves traces of the thread that connected the beads. One bead conserves a fragment of the thread that has opened and reveals a number of probably seven strands (diameter 1.86 mm, while another conserves the thread in a more compact way, less degraded (diameter 1.49 mm altogether).
The fabric is an open balanced tabby finer than the previous one. The threads are plied and spliced, with a marked S-twist. Despite the degraded condition of the fabric, one can observe the cleane and shiny threads, treated and prepared with great care resulting in a high-quality textile. Observation under the optical microscope and the SEM have shown the characteristics of flax fibres.
It is a very degraded, blackish balanced tabby. Its bad condition did not allow sample extraction in order to perform fibre identification under the optical of SEM microscopes. The threads are thicker than most of the fabrics of the Grave Circles and it has a medium density. The threads are plied with an S-twist, most probably spliced.
