The Application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and Multispectral analysis on Ancient Egyptian Coffin-lids at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem: a New Analytic Approach to Workshop Identification |
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| Daniela Galazzo, Shirly Ben Dor, Assaf Yasur-Landau |
- Abstract:
- This ongoing project (until September 2023) focuses on the study of two anthropoid coffin-lids donated to the Israel Museum in the early 1980s.
The first one, the coffin-lid of Djedmut, Chantress of Amun-Re (Inv. IMJ 82.2.341), dating from the late 21st Dynasty to the early part of the 22nd Dynasty.
The second one, the coffin-lid of Ptahhotep (Inv. IMJ 82.2.342), can be dated no earlier than the Late Period or even as late as the early Hellenistic Period.
In the present research, RTI is combined with multispectral imaging, valuable for the study of the pigments, to improve a detailed analysis and visualization of the artifacts surface and highlight otherwise difficult-to-perceive features.
This analysis enhances faded decorations, reveals under-drawings, and aids in the identification of pigments, binders, reuses and other minute details of the production process, thus contributing to the identification of specific workshop profiles. - Download:
- IMEKO-MetroArchaeo-2023-075.pdf
- DOI:
- 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.075
- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC4
- Event name:
- TC4 MetroArchaeo 2023
- Title:
IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
- Place:
- Rome, ITALY
- Time:
- 19 October 2023 - 21 October 2023