TY - JOUR
T1 - Yellow, red and blue pigments from ancient Egyptian palace painted walls
AU - Uda, M.
AU - Sassa, S.
AU - Yoshimura, S.
AU - Kondo, J.
AU - Nakamura, M.
AU - Ban, Y.
AU - Adachi, H.
PY - 2000/3
Y1 - 2000/3
N2 - Yellow, red and blue pigments from the painted walls of the Malqata palace, founded by Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, were analyzed using PIXE and X-ray diffraction (XRD). From most of the yellow, red and blue parts, goethite, hematite and Egyptian blue, respectively, were found on the basis of diffractometry results. From some yellow parts, As was detected together with Fe spectroscopically, suggesting the use of orpiment as a yellow pigment. The red pigment seems to be natural and not man-made. This assumption is deduced from the dehydration experiment of a synthesized goethite.
AB - Yellow, red and blue pigments from the painted walls of the Malqata palace, founded by Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, were analyzed using PIXE and X-ray diffraction (XRD). From most of the yellow, red and blue parts, goethite, hematite and Egyptian blue, respectively, were found on the basis of diffractometry results. From some yellow parts, As was detected together with Fe spectroscopically, suggesting the use of orpiment as a yellow pigment. The red pigment seems to be natural and not man-made. This assumption is deduced from the dehydration experiment of a synthesized goethite.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00969-6
DO - 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00969-6
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0033890427
SN - 0168-583X
VL - 161
SP - 758
EP - 761
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
T2 - The 14th International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis - 6th European Conference on Accelerators in Applied Research and Technology
Y2 - 26 July 1999 through 30 July 1999
ER -