Egypt
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzing)
Accompanied by some lovely photos.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
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 we employed to confirm the date for this piece, thought to be approximately 1420 B.C.E. based on previous research.
For several reasons, it is a rare opportunity for us to test Museum objects using this technique. One necessary condition is that the object must fit into a certain time range. C-14 dating requires that the material in question be at least 2,000 years old (and up to 50,000 years old) to get a result with a significant certainty. Fortunately, we believed our papyrus fit into this time range.
Additionally, with works of art on paper, we do not often have an expendable sample for this type of analysis. Unlike the Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy described in the two previous posts which require no sample and were used to investigate pigments and adhesives used on the papyrus, C-14 dating requires a sample from the object, usually about 5 mg, which is destroyed during testing.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...