Egypt
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzig)
A really fascinating blog post, which I missed back in September, about the materials which were used to write on and illustrate papyri, using the example of the New Kingdom papyrus, the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose.
With photos.
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- The Papyrus Of Ani
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Egypt
Pigments and inks typically used on papyrus
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzig)
A really fascinating blog post, which I missed back in September, about the materials which were used to write on and illustrate papyri, using the example of the New Kingdom papyrus, the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose.
With photos.
The ink is made by burning organic materials such as wood or oil, and then pulverizing the material before mixing it with water. To keep the particles from clumping together, the black is mixed with a binder, probably a plant gum from the Acacia tree family. As a valuable source of timber in Egypt, its branches may have also been used as the source for the charcoal. As well as keeping the carbon particles suspended in the water solution, the gum binder helps to keep the ink adhered to the papyrus surface. This ink is very stable, does not fade, and does not deteriorate the papyrus below as some metallic inks can do.
- 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...
- Radiocarbon Dating Of Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzing) Accompanied by some lovely photos. Our research to further understand the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose continues. Carbon-14 (C-14) dating was one of the first scientific analytical techniques that...
- 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. One of the many scientific analytical techniques used in art conservation is called X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy,...
- 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...
- The Papyrus Of Ani
Any lived during Egypt's 19th dynasty dying probably around 1275 bc. Though Any's mummy appears to be lost to history his book of the dead is one of the finest and best preserved to have come down to modern times. Any's book of the dead would...