An Egyptian cartonnage of the Graeco-Roman period: Examination and discoveries

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-56

  Scott, David A ^a   Dennis, Megan ^a   Khandekar, Narayan ^b   Keeney, Joy ^a   Carson, David ^a   Dodd, Lynn Swartz ^c  

^a GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LINEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENTS; PLASTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CARTONNAGE COFFINS; COPPER PROTEINATE GREEN; EGYPTIAN BLUE; GREEN EARTH; HYDROCERRUSITE; IRON OCHRES; LAC DYE; LIME BASED PLASTER; ORPIMENT; WOOD FIBERS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ROMAN;

EID: 0038399003     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2003.48.1.41     Document Type: Article

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