ARCE

UV Light: Long Hall Left, burial procession, the "Nine Friends", shrines, and Sacred District with the Four Sons of Horus, man receiving a chest, two men pulling a sarcophagus, a bier, and a shrine-shaped catafalque

Description:
UV Light: Long Hall Left, burial procession, the "Nine Friends", shrines, and Sacred District with the Four Sons of Horus, man receiving a chest, two men pulling a sarcophagus, a bier, and a shrine-shaped catafalque
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 | The Burial Procession and Weighing of the Heart Wall
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Deities, Ritual in art, Ceremonial objects, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Genre:
color photographs, mural paintings (visual works), ultraviolet light, damage (condition), and frieze (ornamental areas)
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.
Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Local ID:
arce_ca_tom_uv_0849.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.