Archaeometric investigation of a hellenistic golden funerary belt: A case study
Archaeometric analysis based on Optical Microscopy, X-Ray Fluorescence and Ion-Beam analysis were used to study a golden funerary belt with an anthropomorphic and zoomorphic iconography. This complex gold and enamel work shows the portraits of a man and a woman, as well as a libation scene, can be d...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/194440 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/194440 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | XRF PIXE-PIGE Enamel Near Eastern Hellenism Technology OM Goldwork |
| Sumario: | Archaeometric analysis based on Optical Microscopy, X-Ray Fluorescence and Ion-Beam analysis were used to study a golden funerary belt with an anthropomorphic and zoomorphic iconography. This complex gold and enamel work shows the portraits of a man and a woman, as well as a libation scene, can be dated to the Early Hellenistic period. The data obtained point to a Near Eastern workshop (Babylon) as the place of manufacture, while comparative typology leads us to the Far East (Afghanistan) as the presumable origin of the morphotype. Elemental analysis results raise anew the old debate on the use of cadmium in the solder alloys. Finally, from the iconography we suggest to identify the manly figure with one of the few small format portraits of Alexander the Great. |
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