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Analysis of Materials Contained in Mid-4th to Early 7th Century A. D. Palestinian Kohl Tubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

William D. Blanchard ,
E. Marianne Stern  and
Leon P. Stodulski
William D. Blanchard
Affiliation:
Conservation Services Laboratory, The Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.
E. Marianne Stern
Affiliation:
The Toledo Museum of Art, Box 1013, Toledo, OH 43697.
Leon P. Stodulski
Affiliation:
Conservation Services Laboratory, The Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.
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Abstract

The powdered contents of 17 Late Roman and Byzantine glass vessels used to hold cosmetic eye-paints (kohl) were analyzed. The principal analytical techniques employed were X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence, and scanning electron microscopy. The materials detected are described, indicating those which may have been used as kohl. Also reported are analytical results from a solid chunk of material surrounding a fragment of a metal rod, also obtained from a kohl vessel.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 267: Symposium J – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III , 1992 , 239
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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