Characterization of the writing media of the dead sea scrolls

Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah

Volumn 87, Issue , 2010, Pages 123-134

  Rabin, Ira ^a   Hahn, Oliver ^a   Wolff, Timo ^a,b   Kindzorra, Emanuel ^a,b   Masic, Admir ^c   Schade, Ulrich ^d   Weinberg, Gisela ^e  

^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 HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Carbon ink; Dead Sea Scrolls; FTIR; Parchment; SEM; XRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941624497     PISSN: 01699962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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