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Los ataúdes egipcios de Pairusejer y de Ruru del Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madrid : análisis de sus materiales y estado de conservación / María Cruz Medina Sánchez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Medina Sánchez, María Cruz, author.
- Series:
- BAR international series ; 2940.
- BAR international series ; 2940
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Spain).
- Coffins--Spain--Madrid.
- Coffins.
- Deir el-Bahri Site (Egypt)--Antiquities.
- Deir el-Bahri Site (Egypt).
- Antiquities.
- Egypt--Deir el-Bahri Site.
- Spain--Madrid.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2019.
- Language Note:
- Text in Spanish with sumaries in English and Spanish.
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- data file
- Summary:
- This study provides an in-depth analysis of the coffins of Pairusejer and Ruru, from lot No. 13 of objects found at Bab el-Gasus, now to be found in the Egyptian collection of the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid), using a variety of techniques, including SEM, VIL imaging, FRX and FTIR. These allow us to understand how the coffins were made, which materials were used (woods, mortars, pigments or varnishes), what artistic techniques were applied and the coffins? current state of conservation. Moreover, thanks to the documentation and photographs preserved, the conditions of the objects? discovery in Egypt, their transfer to Spain and the changes they have experienced from their arrival at the Madrid museum can also be taken into account. The different woods and types of polychrome decoration are identified, as well as the methods employed in their conservation, at the same time allowing a better understanding of the evolution of restoration practices in Spain, which is intimately related with the history of Heritage as a field.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2022.
- Print version record
- ISBN:
- 1407355759
- 9781407355757
- OCLC:
- 1353585656
- Publisher Number:
- S2940 BAR Publishing
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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