On the origin of the ink of the thanksgiving scroll (1QHodayota)

Dead Sea Discoveries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-106

  Rabin, Ira ^a   Hahn, Oliver ^a   Wolff, Timo ^a,b   Masic, Admir ^c   Weinberg, Gisela ^d  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^d FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

1QHodayota; Archaeometry; Carbon ink; Material research

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949188933     PISSN: 09290761     EISSN: 15685179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156851709X395722     Document Type: Article

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