Examination of some pigments, grounds and media from Egyptian cartonnage fragments in the Petrie Museum, University College London

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 923-932

  Scott, David A ^a   Warmlander, Sebastian ^a   Mazurek, Joy ^a   Quirke, Stephen ^a  

^a GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal glue; Binding media; Cartonnage; Egg; Egyptian blue; ELISA; FTIR; Green earth; Gum Arabic; Petrie Museum; PLM; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTIFACT; MUSEUM; PIGMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ANIMALIA; RUBIA TINCTORUM;

EID: 58149295936     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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