X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette

Diagnostic physical methods are increasingly applied to Cultural Heritage both for scientific investigations and conservation purposes. In particular, the X-ray imaging techniques of computed tomography (CT) and digital radiography (DR) are non-destructive investigation methods to study an object, b...

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Autores principales:	Luisa Vigorelli, Alessandro Re, Laura Guidorzi, Tiziana Cavaleri, Paola Buscaglia, Marco Nervo, Federica Facchetti, Matilde Borla, Sabrina Grassini, Alessandro Lo Giudice
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	cultural heritage archaeometry conservation wooden sculpture ancient Egypt tomography Photography TR1-1050 Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4e5e97a5aed54c82b9306570c65e9f4f2021-11-25T18:03:27ZX-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette10.3390/jimaging71102292313-433Xhttps://doaj.org/article/4e5e97a5aed54c82b9306570c65e9f4f2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/7/11/229https://doaj.org/toc/2313-433XDiagnostic physical methods are increasingly applied to Cultural Heritage both for scientific investigations and conservation purposes. In particular, the X-ray imaging techniques of computed tomography (CT) and digital radiography (DR) are non-destructive investigation methods to study an object, being able to give information on its inner structure. In this paper, we present the results of the X-ray imaging study on an ancient Egyptian statuette (Late Period 722–30 BCE) belonging to the collection of Museo Egizio in Torino and representing an Egyptian goddess called Taweret, carved on wood and gilded with some colored details. Since few specific studies have been focused on materials and techniques used in Ancient Egypt for gilding, a detailed investigation was started in order to verify the technical features of the decoration in this sculpture. Specifically, DR and CT analyses have been performed at the Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale” (CCR), with a new high resolution flat-panel detector, that allowed us to perform tomographic analysis reaching a final resolution better than the one achievable with the previous apparatus operating in the CCR.Luisa VigorelliAlessandro ReLaura GuidorziTiziana CavaleriPaola BuscagliaMarco NervoFederica FacchettiMatilde BorlaSabrina GrassiniAlessandro Lo GiudiceMDPI AGarticlecultural heritagearchaeometryconservationwooden sculptureancient EgypttomographyPhotographyTR1-1050Computer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7Electronic computers. Computer scienceQA75.5-76.95ENJournal of Imaging, Vol 7, Iss 229, p 229 (2021)
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topic	cultural heritage archaeometry conservation wooden sculpture ancient Egypt tomography Photography TR1-1050 Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95
spellingShingle	cultural heritage archaeometry conservation wooden sculpture ancient Egypt tomography Photography TR1-1050 Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95 Luisa Vigorelli Alessandro Re Laura Guidorzi Tiziana Cavaleri Paola Buscaglia Marco Nervo Federica Facchetti Matilde Borla Sabrina Grassini Alessandro Lo Giudice X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette
description	Diagnostic physical methods are increasingly applied to Cultural Heritage both for scientific investigations and conservation purposes. In particular, the X-ray imaging techniques of computed tomography (CT) and digital radiography (DR) are non-destructive investigation methods to study an object, being able to give information on its inner structure. In this paper, we present the results of the X-ray imaging study on an ancient Egyptian statuette (Late Period 722–30 BCE) belonging to the collection of Museo Egizio in Torino and representing an Egyptian goddess called Taweret, carved on wood and gilded with some colored details. Since few specific studies have been focused on materials and techniques used in Ancient Egypt for gilding, a detailed investigation was started in order to verify the technical features of the decoration in this sculpture. Specifically, DR and CT analyses have been performed at the Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale” (CCR), with a new high resolution flat-panel detector, that allowed us to perform tomographic analysis reaching a final resolution better than the one achievable with the previous apparatus operating in the CCR.
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author	Luisa Vigorelli Alessandro Re Laura Guidorzi Tiziana Cavaleri Paola Buscaglia Marco Nervo Federica Facchetti Matilde Borla Sabrina Grassini Alessandro Lo Giudice
author_facet	Luisa Vigorelli Alessandro Re Laura Guidorzi Tiziana Cavaleri Paola Buscaglia Marco Nervo Federica Facchetti Matilde Borla Sabrina Grassini Alessandro Lo Giudice
author_sort	Luisa Vigorelli
title	X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette
title_short	X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette
title_full	X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette
title_fullStr	X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette
title_full_unstemmed	X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette
title_sort	x-ray imaging investigation on the gilding technique of an ancient egyptian taweret wooden statuette
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/4e5e97a5aed54c82b9306570c65e9f4f
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X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette

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