TY - JOUR TI - Preliminary investigations of a textile fabric used as supportfor a sarcophagus from Astra Sibiu Museum AU - Sandulache, Irina-Mariana AU - Mitran, Elena-Cornelia AU - Secareanu, Lucia-Oana AU - Iordache, Ovidiu-George AU - Perdum, Elena AU - Teodorescu, Iulia AU - Bernath, Andrea T2 - Industria Textila AB - Historical textiles are fragile and more prone to damage. Regarding this inconvenience, heritage sample analyzes arequite difficult to achieve primarily due to fiber degradation, secondly due to the complex composition (the samples canalso contain metallic threads or some other components) and last, but not least, because of the microbiologicaldegradation. The samples evaluated in this paper were used as support for a wooden sarcophagus containing anEgyptian mummy which is estimated to be over 2000 years old.The purpose of this work was to carry out a preliminary characterization of the samples, using minimally invasivetechniques. Thus, two types of methods were used: SEM evaluation and microbiological assessment. SEM analysisrevealed that the constituent fibers for all the samples are natural fibers of animal origin: wool and alpaca fibers. SEMalso provided information about the surface of the fibers and more than that, by using this equipment it was possible tovisualize the degree of degradation most likely caused by the attack of insects and different types of fungi and bacteria.Bioburden isolation from the archaeological samples highlighted that the highest bioburden load was registered bysample B, followed by sample C and sample A. After the screening it was concluded that all samples present bothfilamentous fungi specific structures and bacteria specific structures. The future studies will be directed towardsobtaining more information by micro- or non-destructive methods DA - 2020/02/27/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.35530/IT.071.01.1622 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 71 IS - 01 SP - 91 EP - 95 SN - 12225347 UR - http://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2020/1/015%20IRINA-MARIANA%20S%C4%82NDULACHE_Industria%20Textila%201_2020.pdf Y2 - 2020/05/26/09:43:52 ER -