Degradation of parchment and ink of the dead sea scrolls investigated using synchrotron-based X-ray and infrared microscopy

Bridget M. Murphy, Marine Cotte, Martin Mueller, Marta Balla, Jan Gunneweg

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Abstract

In this study, we are presenting the various analytical techniques that have been used to obtain information about the state of the Dead Sea scrolls at present and what could have been the cause of its deterioration. Did it start at the moment they were written due to the preparation of the parchment or to the binder that was used to make the ink fluid for writing. Synchrotron-based techniques will be employed to obtain a new look at the deterioration of the parchment and ink of the Dead Sea scrolls, using SR-based micro-X-ray and Infrared analyses.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHolistic Qumran
Subtitle of host publicationTrans-Disciplinary Research of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
EditorsAnnemie Adriaens, Jan Gunneweg, Joris Dik
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
Pages77-97
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9789004181526
StatePublished - 2010

Publication series

NameStudies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
Volume87
ISSN (Print)0169-9962

Keywords

  • Fourier-transform Infrared (FT-IR)
  • INAA
  • Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

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