ἡμιτύβιον · hēmitybion — LSJ
linen cloth, towel, napkin, a half, small, grave
linen cloth, towel, napkin, Sapph. 116, Hp. Art. 37, Ar. Pl. 729; of a kind of material, Michel 832.23 (Samos, iv B.C.). (Egypt. acc. to Poll. 7.71:—in codd. sts. ἡμιτύμβιον, as in Aret. CD 1.3, v.l. in Lib. Decl. 26.42, which is interpr. by Suid., a half (i.e. small) grave; but prob. this form is due to the copyists, who wished to find a meaning in the word.)