DOI Heft:
Egypt
DOI Artikel:Godziejewski, Zbigniew: Conservation work, 2004
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42090#0166
SAQQARA
EGYPT
from their surface with thin soft brushes.
Traces of polychromy were revealed on the
painted wigs, black outlines of eyes and
brows, pale layer of paint on the feet of one
of the figures, and remains of red color on
the body of the largest one.
The partly decomposed figures were
stuck together (Movilith 50/PVAc, c. 20%
in acetone). Balsa wood reinforcements were
used for connecting the head and torso of
the largest figure (same glue as above), as
well as in some other places of the same
figurine where wood deformation appeared
to require it.
Two smaller figurines were dripped with
a solution of Paraloid B72 in toluene
(c. 7%), with added ethylene glycol in ace-
tone (c. 20%) in 10:1 proportions, in order
to reinforce the extremely damaged interior
structure of the wood. The material of the
largest figurine is in relatively good con-
dition except for some deformations. Only
small fragments of its surface denote deteri-
oration requiring further treatment. These
were reinforced by dripping with a c. 5%
solution of Movilith 50 (PVAc) in acetone
(used instead of paraloid which results in
a much more substantial change of wood
color).
POTTERY
Thirty vessels (28 from deposit 3 in ritual
Shaft 49) were restored from sherds using a so-
lution of Movilith 50 (c. 20%) in acetone.
COPPER
A group of model vessels made of copper,
mostly in fragmentary condition, came from
Shaft 32. Only two vessels were intact, pre-
serving remains of a pinkish substance in-
side them. The surface of the metal frag-
ments was cleaned mechanically. Thick layers
of oxides, as well as soil, were removed
with scalpels and glass fiber sticks. Ten ob-
jects, including seven vessels, were restored
using a c. 20% solution of Movilith 50 in
acetone. The surface of the reconstructed
vessels was secured with a thin layer of
Paraloid B44 (2-4% in acetone).
CARTONNAGES
Various elements of cartonnages, which were
found in Shaft 21, either still attached to
a mummy or scattered around it (cf. Fig. 12
on p. 159), were dripped with Klucel GF
(c. 2-3% solution in ethyl acetone) in order
to reinforce, reintegrate and elasticize their
technological layers comprised of cloth,
ground and painting.
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EGYPT
from their surface with thin soft brushes.
Traces of polychromy were revealed on the
painted wigs, black outlines of eyes and
brows, pale layer of paint on the feet of one
of the figures, and remains of red color on
the body of the largest one.
The partly decomposed figures were
stuck together (Movilith 50/PVAc, c. 20%
in acetone). Balsa wood reinforcements were
used for connecting the head and torso of
the largest figure (same glue as above), as
well as in some other places of the same
figurine where wood deformation appeared
to require it.
Two smaller figurines were dripped with
a solution of Paraloid B72 in toluene
(c. 7%), with added ethylene glycol in ace-
tone (c. 20%) in 10:1 proportions, in order
to reinforce the extremely damaged interior
structure of the wood. The material of the
largest figurine is in relatively good con-
dition except for some deformations. Only
small fragments of its surface denote deteri-
oration requiring further treatment. These
were reinforced by dripping with a c. 5%
solution of Movilith 50 (PVAc) in acetone
(used instead of paraloid which results in
a much more substantial change of wood
color).
POTTERY
Thirty vessels (28 from deposit 3 in ritual
Shaft 49) were restored from sherds using a so-
lution of Movilith 50 (c. 20%) in acetone.
COPPER
A group of model vessels made of copper,
mostly in fragmentary condition, came from
Shaft 32. Only two vessels were intact, pre-
serving remains of a pinkish substance in-
side them. The surface of the metal frag-
ments was cleaned mechanically. Thick layers
of oxides, as well as soil, were removed
with scalpels and glass fiber sticks. Ten ob-
jects, including seven vessels, were restored
using a c. 20% solution of Movilith 50 in
acetone. The surface of the reconstructed
vessels was secured with a thin layer of
Paraloid B44 (2-4% in acetone).
CARTONNAGES
Various elements of cartonnages, which were
found in Shaft 21, either still attached to
a mummy or scattered around it (cf. Fig. 12
on p. 159), were dripped with Klucel GF
(c. 2-3% solution in ethyl acetone) in order
to reinforce, reintegrate and elasticize their
technological layers comprised of cloth,
ground and painting.
164