CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASTERS FROM PTOLEMAIC BATHS: NEW EXCAVATIONS NEAR THE KARNAK TEMPLE COMPLEX,UPPER EGYPT* |
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| Authors: | H H MAREY MAHMOUD M F ALI E PAVLIDOU N KANTIRANIS A EL‐BADRY |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Conservation, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt;2. Physics Department, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;3. Department of Mineralogy–Petrology–Economic Geology, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;4. The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt (SCA), Luxor, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | The aim of the present work is to characterize plasters from Ptolemaic baths recently discovered in front of the Karnak temple complex, by the excavations of an Egyptian–French team. The characterization was carried out by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with an energy‐dispersive X‐ray detector (EDS), X‐ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT–IR). The results allowed the identification of the chemical composition and structure of these plasters. In addition, samples of red, yellow, black and white pigments were examined and identified. The results helped in providing an image concerning some materials used during the Ptolemaic era in ancient Egypt. |
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| Keywords: | PLASTERS PTOLEMAIC BATHS THE KARNAK TEMPLE COMPLEX SEM– EDS XRD FT– IR CALCITE ARAGONITE BONE BLACK |
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