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ANALYTICAL STUDY AND TREATMENTS OF THE DECAYED MURAL PAINTINGS AT ATHRIBIS IN SHEIKH HAMAD TEMPLE, SOHAG GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
HERITAGE

Abstract

This article focuses on the identification of the building materials used at Athribis temple – Sohag and their most common degradation factors, and then assessing the most appropriate consolidants for the decayed wall paintings at the temple. The building materials were studied through XRD, SEM-EDX, FTIR spectroscopy and light optical microscope to identify chemical decompositions and physical failures. Soluble salts were detected in the building materials. White pigment is calcium carbonate, yellow pigment goethite, red pigment hematite, blue pigment Egyptian blue, green pigment Egyptian green, the paint medium is animal glue. Conservation treatments were achieved using Ethanol + PLM.I for injecting detached plasters, Sturgeon glue 1.5% as a filler for cracks, Syton x30 for pre-consolidation, EDTA poultices for cleaning, EDTA for salt extraction, Cidal 50 L50 as a biocide and Klucel G as a final consolidant.

DOI

10.21608/shedet.2020.32147.1015

Keywords

Attrips temple, wall paintings, Pigments, Organic medium, salts, Consolidation, Cleaning

Authors

First Name

Ezz

Last Name

Orabi

MiddleName

Arabi

Affiliation

Conservation Department, Faculty of Archaeology, Aswan University.

Email

ezz_arabi@yahoo.com

City

Luxor

Orcid

0000-0002-3622-962X

Volume

7

Article Issue

7

Related Issue

20393

Issue Date

2020-12-01

Receive Date

2020-02-02

Publish Date

2020-12-31

Page Start

238

Page End

249

Print ISSN

2356-8704

Online ISSN

2536-9954

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https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_137713.html

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1,264

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Publication Title

Shedet

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https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/

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ANALYTICAL STUDY AND TREATMENTS OF THE DECAYED MURAL PAINTINGS AT ATHRIBIS IN SHEIKH HAMAD TEMPLE, SOHAG GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

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22 Jan 2023