Analisi paleobotaniche effettuate su macroresti vegetali

A large number of mummified and partially mineralised plant macroremains (wood fragments and fibres) are related to the insigna.Most of the analysed wood fragments belong to the genus Populus, poplar (family Salicaceae), whose technological characteristics are not functional for combat spears but rather for decorative objects. Two minute wooden pieces, mummified and lacking traces of oxidation, identified as Quercus sp. evergreen group, were found among the material of biological origin besides some mineralised centimetre long leather fragments with sewing holes. Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L.) pressed sheets were also identified inside two small mineralised lumps, presenting traces of ink. Analyses carried out on the fabric remnants wrapping up the papyrus revealed the presence of linen fibres in two different strata.