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Combined Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging Coupled with Principal Component Analysis in the Study of Ancient Egyptian Papyri.

ABSTRACT: This paper reports the results of a spectroscopic study on the chemistry of some small papyrus fragments arising from three Egyptian excavation sites. The aim of this investigation was to verify the possibility to identify significant differences in ancient Egyptian papyri using noninvasive analytical methods, that is, ATR (attenuated total reflection)-FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopic imaging and scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Differences in both lignin and cellulose compositions, which are difficult to detect with traditional FTIR and FTIR imaging spectral analysis, were revealed by the multivariate approach, and the second derivative spectroscopy was applied to enhance the spectrum resolution. Thus, it has been possible to recognize a fragment characterized by the presence of lead and of long chain aliphatic organic compound, which are not present in the other fragments, in the ink region. These data show not only that the combination of these techniques can provide important chemical information, such as to evidence the different compositions and manufacture of each papyrus, but also that metal inks were probably used also in ancient Egyptian papyri.

SUBMITTER: Chiappe C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6933776 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Combined Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging Coupled with Principal Component Analysis in the Study of Ancient Egyptian Papyri.

Chiappe Cinzia C Pomelli Christian Silvio CS Sartini Stefania S

ACS omega 20191213 26

This paper reports the results of a spectroscopic study on the chemistry of some small papyrus fragments arising from three Egyptian excavation sites. The aim of this investigation was to verify the possibility to identify significant differences in ancient Egyptian papyri using noninvasive analytical methods, that is, ATR (attenuated total reflection)-FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopic imaging and scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Differences in bot ...[more]

PMID: 31891084

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