From: Radiocarbon dating of archaeological textiles at different states of preservation
No. | Reference name | Condition | Type of fibre | Relative dating | Pre-treatment | C measured (mg) | Radiocarbon age | 14C Resultsa |
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1 | Odos Thevon [Nikaia] | Mineralised in storage | Cellulosic bast | Classical period Greece (490-338 BC) | ABA | 1.1 mg | 1. RICH-27497: 2427 ± 24BP | 1. 95.4% probability 745BC (14.1%) 691BC 665BC ( 6.1%) 645BC 551BC (75.2%) 406BC |
2. RICH-27498: 2430 ± 24BP | 2. 95.4% probability 746BC (15.9%) 689BC 666BC ( 6.7%) 644BC 564BC (72.8%) 407BC | |||||||
2 | Eleusis | Mineralised, adhesives, on permanent display | Cellulosic bast | Middle Classical period Greece (ca. 450 BC) | hexane–acetone-ethanol (Soxhlet) -ABA | 1.1 mg | 1. RICH-27499: 2445 ± 26BP | 1. 95.4% probability 1505BC (95.1%) 1396BC 1332BC (0.4%) 1329BC |
2. RICH-27500: 2430 ± 26BP | 2. 95.4% probability 431AD (93.2%) 607AD 625AD (2.2%) 636AD | |||||||
3 | MMGC Coptic tunic | Inhumation burial, desiccation, adhesives, on display (?) | Cellulosic bast | 300-600 AD | RoAMS 569.73: ABA RoAMS 625.73: hexane–acetone-ethanol (Soxhlet) -ABA | 1. 0.96 mg | 1. RoAMS 569.73: 3169 ± 30BP | 1. 95.4% probability 1505BC (95.1%) 1396BC 1332BC (0.4%) 1329BC |
2. 0.76 mg | 2. RoAMS 625.73: 1527 ± 41BP | 2. 95.4% probability 431AD (93.2%) 607AD 625AD (2.2%) 636AD | ||||||
4 | BXM excavated | Inhumation burial, desiccation, adhesives, on display (?) | 1. silk | Unknown, Byzantine (?) (330-1453 AD) | ABA | 1. 0.94 mg | 1. RoAMS 1104.73 1064 ± 28BP | 95.4% probability 949AD (77.2%) 1028AD 895AD (18.2%) 925AD 980AD (95.4%) 1040AD |
2. leather | 2. 0.97 mg | 2. RoAMS 1104.73 1027 ± 23BP | ||||||
5 | Theva | Carbonised in storage | Cellulosic bast | Middle to Late Bronze Age Greece/ Mycenaean (?) (1750-1050 BC) | ABA | 1.1 mg | RICH-27522: 3460 ± 27BP | 1. 95.4% probability 745BC (14.1%) 691BC 665BC ( 6.1%) 645BC 551BC (75.2%) 406BC |
2. 95.4% probability 746BC (15.9%) 689BC 666BC ( 6.7%) 644BC 564BC (72.8%) 407BC | ||||||||
6 | Amorgos | Carbonised from the excavation to the laboratory | 1. cellulosic bast | Late Roman/ Byzantine, pottery seriation 600-800 AD | RoAMS 566.73: CHCl3—ABA RoAMS 567.73: ABA | 1. 0.95 mg | 1. RoAMS 566.73: 1257 ± 28 BP | 1. 95.4% probability 670AD (72.7%) 779AD 786AD (18.9%) 831AD 853AD (3.9%) 874AD |
2. wood | 2. 0.95 mg | 2. RoAMS 567.73: 1480 ± 28 BP | 2. 95.4% probability 553AD (95.4%) 643AD |