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XRF Ink Analysis of Selected Fragments from the Herculaneum Collection of the...
The most commonly used ink in antiquity was carbon-based, and the main element of carbonized papyrus is carbon, making conventional computed tomography (CT-scanning) of... -
ISA 2020/2022 presentation: XRF Ink analysis of selected fragments from the H...
XRF Ink analysis of selected fragments from the Herculaneum collection Hundreds of papyrus rolls, carbonized during the 79CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius, were discovered in 1754... -
X-Ray Fluorescence Data from Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli, selectio...
XRF (Elio from the University of Cologne: 40kV, 100 µA, single spots of 120s each) analysis of ink on 38 fragments of Herculaneum papyri from the collection of the... -
XRF INK ANALYSIS OF SOME HERCULANEUM PAPYRI
Recent research has suggested that some of the inks used in Herculaneum papyri do not consist of pure carbon. Starting from this finding, in June 2018 a preliminary campaign of...
