Identification of Materials Used in Roman Over-Paintings in Cross Section at the Luxor Temple

EasyChair Preprint 1404

Abstract

The present work aims to study the characteristics of the Roman over-paintings at the Luxor temple is considered one of the famous and important archaeological temples in Egypt. For this purpose, samples were collected from fallen fragments of Roman fresco in Luxor temple. the samples were in cross section which was identified by using Binocular and SEM-EDX in order to identify the different layers and Identification of materials. In the case of the Roman over-paintings at the Luxor temple consist of the coarse plaster “arriccio” composed mainly of Quartz , gypsum and calcium carbonate. On the other hand, The fine plaster “intonaco” composed of calcite, quartz, gypsum. The paint layer consent mainly of (Lime) calcium carbonate traces of gypsum. On the other hand the probably the Coptic artist used the technique of “Secco Fresco” in Roman over painting at Luxor temple.

Keyphrases: Overpainting, Roman mural painting, SEM-EDX, investigation

@booklet{EasyChair:1404,
  author    = {Ahmed Sallam and Yoko Taniguchi},
  title     = {Identification of Materials Used in Roman Over-Paintings in Cross Section at the Luxor Temple},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 1404},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2019}}