2025 Poster Session

The papers objective is to present the strategies of scientific investigations, preservation and conservation carried out to the textiles hypocephalus discovered in Sheikh abd el-Qurna, in TT32, dating back to the early Ptolemaic period, the third century BC. The term hypocephalus a Greek word interpreted as "what is under the head, refers to a piece of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment. It is preserved in the storeroom of the Egyptian Textile Museum in Cairo, Egypt. The process of treatment has assisted in set the strategies of conservation procedures of this textile object. Firstly, the text and iconography on hypocephalus were documented using Auto CAD, secondly, a combined set of multi-analytical methods is used to identify and examine the materials and methods used in the manufacturing of this object, assessing its preservation condition. Methods employed include: portable digital microscope, using a digital microscope 350X and 1000X to identify the fabric characteristics of object, mapping of deteriorated, the manufacturing of this textile object, assessing its condition, Finally, explain strategies of conservation processes; cleaning processes, consolidated the deteriorated linen textiles hypocephalus,was treated and supported on silk crepeline that was used to consolidate the piece preparing to redisplay in the museum.