black and red granites in the egyptian antiquity museum of turin: A minero-petrographic and provenance study

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 962-986

  Serra, M ^a   Borghi, A ^a   D'amicone, E ^b   Fiora, L ^a   Mashaly, O ^c   Vigna, L ^b   Vaggelli, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Piemonte e del Museo Antichità Egizie   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aswan Granitoids; Egyptian Sculpture; Electron Microprobe Analysis; New Kingdom; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GRANITE; GRANITOID; MUSEUM; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE;

ASWAN [EGYPT]; EGYPT; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 78650531059     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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