ARCE

UV Light: Long Hall Right, Menna and Henuttawy seated before a table of offerings, and an offering list being activated by their son Kha

Description:
UV Light: Long Hall Right, Menna and Henuttawy seated before a table of offerings, and an offering list being activated by their son Kha
Photographer:
Image capture by Andreas Paasch
Date Created:
October 6, 2007
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
Series:
Existing conditions before conservation
Subseries:
Long Hall | Funerary Rites, Fishing and Fowling, and Voyage to Abydos
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Priests--Egypt, Filial piety in art, Ritual in art, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Genre:
color photographs, mural paintings (visual works), and ultraviolet light
Conservation Note:
Ultraviolet light was used to detect the presence of particular pigments, binding agents, and coatings. It also reveals later restoration from previous conservation efforts because they fluoresce differently than the original surfaces.
References:
Hartwig, Melinda, and Kerstin Leterme. “Visual and Archaeometric Analysis of the Paintings.” In The Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT69): The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting in an Egyptian Tomb, edited by Melinda Hartwig, 133-161. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2013.
Copyright Status:
copyrighted
Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Local ID:
arce_ca_tom_uv_0816.tif
Project History:
The Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69) project was implemented by Dr. Melinda Hartwig, a professor at Georgia State University, from 2007-2009. The project’s objective was the conservation, archaeometric examination, and digital recording of the painted tomb chapel of Menna, to set a precedent for non-invasive methods of analysis. Dr. Hartwig worked with an interdisciplinary team of conservators, digital specialists, Egyptologists, and scientists, with the support of Georgia State University and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
Funding Agency:
The conservation of the Tomb of Menna was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Agreement No. 263-A-00-04-00018-00 and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Conservation Project (EAC) Agreement No. EAC-11-2007 of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). The Interuniversity Attraction Poles Program provided additional financial support.