HNAM inv. no Π 8592

The bronze blade conserves part of the textile with which it was wrapped. One side preserves a large fragment conserved in multiple layers (in some areas more than six) in a mineralised condition. The other side preserves minute traces on the blade, as well as a textile fragment on the nails, indicating that this side was also in connection to the fabric. The second side preserves also a silver wire of unknown use.

The fabric is conserved in a different level of mineralisation according to its closeness to the bronze dagger, in general its condition is very good and allows both macroscopic and microscopic study. The textile is a balanced tabby with an average of 22 threads/cm in both directions. Similarly to the most of the textiles of the Grave Circles corpus, the threads have been created with the splicing technique and have a S2*z structure with an average twist. Their diameter varies between 0.30 and 0.45 mm in both directions. 

The fabric conserves part of its starting border decorated with a narrow band sewn at its edge with a thicker thread.

Based on its technical characteristics, this textile seems to be the same as the one associated to the bronze dagger HNAM inv. no Π 8591, the bronze spearhead HNAM inv. no Π 8589, the remains associated with the bronze vase HNAM inv. no Π 9566_a and the freestanding fragment HNAM inv. no Π 9651_a.