Egypt
Analyzing Pigments in the Book of the Dead Using XRF Spectroscopy
Brooklyn Museum blog (Caitlin Jenkins)
With excellent photos and diagrams.
Brooklyn Museum Blog (Caitlin Jenkins)
- Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose To Go On Display At The Brooklyn
Art Daily Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose will go on long-term view on September 28. One of the most important funerary...
- Rare Ancient Egyptian "book Of The Dead" To Go On View At Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum Press Release Final Section, Completing Rare Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, To Go on View September 28, 2011 Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of...
- Ir And Uv Examination Of Egyptian Papyrus
Brooklyn Museum Blog Another installment in the excellent series from the Brooklyn Museum which gives a real insight into the detailed work carried out by museums. With photographs. Following Rachel’s previous discussion on pigments and inks used in...
- Mummies In Brooklyn Museum To Undergo Scientific Study
Brooklyn Daily Eagle The Brooklyn Museum Conservation Laboratory is beginning a study of the human and animal mummies in the Museum’s collection, using the tools of modern-day scientific investigation to reveal new information about mummification practices...
- The Goldworker Of Amun Sobekmose
Here we have the Book of the dead of Sobekmose an 18th dynasty goldworker of Amun. Sobekmose lived within the reign of Thutmosis III to his son Amenhotep II, between 1479bce - 1400bce, At such a date it makes Sobekmose's one of the earliest Books...
Egypt
Analyzing the Book of the Dead
Analyzing Pigments in the Book of the Dead Using XRF Spectroscopy
Brooklyn Museum blog (Caitlin Jenkins)
With excellent photos and diagrams.
Looking for Adhesives and Identifying Binders in the Book of the Dead Using FTIROne of the many scientific analytical techniques used in art conservation is called X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, or XRF. The Paper Conservation Lab here at the Brooklyn Museum is using this technique to study the Brooklyn Museum’s Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose papyrus scroll.
XRF is used to identify most elements with an atomic number on the periodic table equal to or greater than Aluminum. Most importantly, the technique can be used without any harm to, or even contact with the art object. For these reasons, art conservators use the technique to help them identify what elements are present in a targeted area of an object.
Brooklyn Museum Blog (Caitlin Jenkins)
Another scientific analytical technique commonly used in art conservation is called Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy, or FTIR. The Brooklyn Museum’s Paper Conservation Lab employed this technique to continue analysis of the Brooklyn Museum’s Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose papyrus scroll.
As with the XRF analysis, we were able to perform FTIR using portable equipment belonging to Pratt Institute. Eleonora del Federico, Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Math and Sciences Department at Pratt Institute brought her portable FTIR device to our paper conservation lab.
- Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose To Go On Display At The Brooklyn
Art Daily Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose will go on long-term view on September 28. One of the most important funerary...
- Rare Ancient Egyptian "book Of The Dead" To Go On View At Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum Press Release Final Section, Completing Rare Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, To Go on View September 28, 2011 Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of...
- Ir And Uv Examination Of Egyptian Papyrus
Brooklyn Museum Blog Another installment in the excellent series from the Brooklyn Museum which gives a real insight into the detailed work carried out by museums. With photographs. Following Rachel’s previous discussion on pigments and inks used in...
- Mummies In Brooklyn Museum To Undergo Scientific Study
Brooklyn Daily Eagle The Brooklyn Museum Conservation Laboratory is beginning a study of the human and animal mummies in the Museum’s collection, using the tools of modern-day scientific investigation to reveal new information about mummification practices...
- The Goldworker Of Amun Sobekmose
Here we have the Book of the dead of Sobekmose an 18th dynasty goldworker of Amun. Sobekmose lived within the reign of Thutmosis III to his son Amenhotep II, between 1479bce - 1400bce, At such a date it makes Sobekmose's one of the earliest Books...