The Application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and Multispectral analysis on Ancient Egyptian Coffin-lids at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem: a New Analytic Approach to Workshop Identification

Daniela Galazzo, Shirly Ben Dor, Assaf Yasur-Landau

Abstract

This ongoing project (until September 2023) focuses on the study of two anthropoid coffin-lids donated to the Israel Museum in the early 1980s.<BR />The first one, the coffin-lid of Djedmut, Chantress of Amun-Re (Inv. IMJ 82.2.341), dating from the late 21st Dynasty to the early part of the 22nd Dynasty.<BR />The second one, the coffin-lid of Ptahhotep (Inv. IMJ 82.2.342), can be dated no earlier than the Late Period or even as late as the early Hellenistic Period.<BR />In the present research, RTI is combined with multispectral imaging, valuable for the study of the pigments, to improve a detailed analysis and visualization of the artifacts surface and highlight otherwise difficult-to-perceive features.<BR />This analysis enhances faded decorations, reveals under-drawings, and aids in the identification of pigments, binders, reuses and other minute details of the production process, thus contributing to the identification of specific workshop profiles.

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10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.075

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