46098
Accession Number
35140
Title Of Article Chaper
Reconocimiento de los Componentes Fisico-Quimicos de las Pinturas Murales Romanas del Santuario y Termas de Edeta. Valencia = Inspection of the physical-chemical components of the mural paintings of the Sanctuary and Thermae of Edeta. Valencia
Title Of Journal Book
Arche: Publicacion del Instituto Universitario de Restaruacion del Patrimonio de la Universitat Politecnica de Valencia = Arche: The Journal of the Heritage Conservation Institute of the Polytechnical University of Valencia
Issue
44291
Pages
37-44
Collation
8 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
ISSN
1887-3960
Language Of Text
Spanish
Language Of Summary
English;Spanish
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The Oracular Sanctuary and the Thermal baths of Mura (1st century) are in the Roman town of Edeta, which was a municipium in Latin law as part of the Conventus Tarraconensis of Hispania Citerior. Archaeological work has found remains of a 20,000 square metre complex made up of Temples, Thermae, hospitium, and tabernae, with some interesting fresco paintings. These have been analysed by the Scientific Laboratory of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, examining their stratigraphy by means of Optical Microscopy with diffuse and ultraviolet light, SEM Electronic Microscopy, with QBSD analysis of elements by means of EDS probe and the Oxford INCA system. The results are particularly interesting through having found gypsum plaster in the pictorial layer, chlorine in the intonaccino, crushed brick in the intonaco and in the paint, and phosphorus in the pictorial layer.
Keywords
archaeology;thermae;mural;painting;microscopy;analysis;conservation
pub_id
46098