DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Godziejewski, Zbigniew: Conservation work: in the funerary chapel of Meref-nebef
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41273#0101
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EGYPT
was fastened to the rock in its proper place.
For this purpose, an 8-10% solution of
Paraloid was used, possibly with the addi-
tion of chalk and sifted sand in order to
condense the fixative and to fill the cracks.
The procedure was similar in the case of
painting on mortar still attached to the
walls. Treatment was limited to reinforc-
ing the mineral ground of the painting
layer. The same procedure was applied to
mortar leveling the rock surface, which,
following various circumstances connected
with the rock, lacked any polychromy.
Minor pieces of painting which had peeled
from the ground were reattached using
a water solution of Primal E33O (5%), after
having been treated first with a water solu-
tion of 96% ethyl alcohol (1:1) in order to
reduce surface tension and to increase glue
penetration.
Structural reinforcement was required
in the case of many loose fragments. A spe-
cial cement prepared for this purpose con-
sisted of chalk, ground limestone, fine
sand, white cement (respectively 2:2:2:1,5)
in a Primal E33O solvent. Trial lutes (chalk,
ground limestone, white cement (4:4:2)
modified with Primal E33O and 2%
MORTELDICHT III (Renters)) were also
applied to salt-covered surfaces Structural
lutes helped to fill in the air-pockets. This
work will be continued in 1999.
In the case of wall decoration inside the
chapel and on the door jambs, conservation
consisted of the following procedure: Thin
fragments of polychromy were reattached
to the wall with Primal E33O (as above).
Also used was a Paraloid B72 solution in
toluene (5%) whenever the ground needed
to be reinforced.
Fig. 1. Detail of hunting scene on the eastern wall of the chapel, after conservation
(Photo Z. Kos'c)
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EGYPT
was fastened to the rock in its proper place.
For this purpose, an 8-10% solution of
Paraloid was used, possibly with the addi-
tion of chalk and sifted sand in order to
condense the fixative and to fill the cracks.
The procedure was similar in the case of
painting on mortar still attached to the
walls. Treatment was limited to reinforc-
ing the mineral ground of the painting
layer. The same procedure was applied to
mortar leveling the rock surface, which,
following various circumstances connected
with the rock, lacked any polychromy.
Minor pieces of painting which had peeled
from the ground were reattached using
a water solution of Primal E33O (5%), after
having been treated first with a water solu-
tion of 96% ethyl alcohol (1:1) in order to
reduce surface tension and to increase glue
penetration.
Structural reinforcement was required
in the case of many loose fragments. A spe-
cial cement prepared for this purpose con-
sisted of chalk, ground limestone, fine
sand, white cement (respectively 2:2:2:1,5)
in a Primal E33O solvent. Trial lutes (chalk,
ground limestone, white cement (4:4:2)
modified with Primal E33O and 2%
MORTELDICHT III (Renters)) were also
applied to salt-covered surfaces Structural
lutes helped to fill in the air-pockets. This
work will be continued in 1999.
In the case of wall decoration inside the
chapel and on the door jambs, conservation
consisted of the following procedure: Thin
fragments of polychromy were reattached
to the wall with Primal E33O (as above).
Also used was a Paraloid B72 solution in
toluene (5%) whenever the ground needed
to be reinforced.
Fig. 1. Detail of hunting scene on the eastern wall of the chapel, after conservation
(Photo Z. Kos'c)
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