"Amarna blue" painted on ancient Egyptian pottery

M. Uda; M. Nakamura; S. Yoshimura; J. Kondo; M. Saito; Y. Shirai; S. Hasegawa; Y. Baba; K. Ikeda; Y. Ban; A. Matsuo; M. Tamada; H. Sunaga; H. Oshio; D. Yamashita; Y. Nakajima; T. Utaka

doi:10.1016/S0168-583X(01)01094-1

"Amarna blue" painted on ancient Egyptian pottery

M. Uda^*, M. Nakamura, S. Yoshimura, J. Kondo, M. Saito, Y. Shirai, S. Hasegawa, Y. Baba, K. Ikeda, Y. Ban, A. Matsuo, M. Tamada, H. Sunaga, H. Oshio, D. Yamashita, Y. Nakajima, T. Utaka

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"Amarna blue" pigments (18 Dynasty, c. 1400 BC) painted on pottery fragments were investigated using the PIXE, XRF and XRD methods in laboratories and also using a portable type of X-ray spectrometer at the sites of excavation. On the blue-colored part enrichment of Na, Al, S, Cl, Ca, Mn, Co, Ni and Zn was found using X-ray spectroscopy, and CaSO₄, NaCl and Co(M)Al₂O₄, M denoting Mn, Fe, Ni and Zn, were found by the help of X-ray diffraction. This means that Amarna blue is a mixture of CaSO₄ and Co(M)Al₂O₄, at least in part.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	382-386
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	189
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(01)01094-1
Publication status	Published - 2002 Apr
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amarna blue
Ancient blue pigment
Co(M)AlO
PIXE
Portable XRF

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Uda, M., Nakamura, M., Yoshimura, S., Kondo, J., Saito, M., Shirai, Y., Hasegawa, S., Baba, Y., Ikeda, K., Ban, Y., Matsuo, A., Tamada, M., Sunaga, H., Oshio, H., Yamashita, D., Nakajima, Y., & Utaka, T. (2002). "Amarna blue" painted on ancient Egyptian pottery. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 189(1-4), 382-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(01)01094-1

Uda, M, Nakamura, M, Yoshimura, S, Kondo, J, Saito, M, Shirai, Y, Hasegawa, S, Baba, Y, Ikeda, K, Ban, Y, Matsuo, A, Tamada, M, Sunaga, H, Oshio, H, Yamashita, D, Nakajima, Y & Utaka, T 2002, '"Amarna blue" painted on ancient Egyptian pottery', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 189, no. 1-4, pp. 382-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(01)01094-1

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