TY - JOUR A1 - Tissot, I. A1 - Troalen, L.G. A1 - Manso, M. A1 - Ponting, M. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Barreiros, M. A. A1 - Shaw, I. A1 - Carvalho, M.L. A1 - Guerra, M.F. T1 - A multi-analytical approach to gold in Ancient Egypt: Studies on provenance and corrosion JF - Spectrochimica acta B N2 - Recent results from a three-year multi-disciplinary project on Ancient Egyptian gold jewellery revealed that items of jewellery from the Middle Kingdom to the New Kingdom were manufactured using a variety of alluvial gold alloys. These alloys cover a wide range of colours and the majority contain Platinum Group Elements inclusions. However, in all the gold foils analysed, these inclusions were found to be absent. In this work a selection of gilded wood and leather items and gold foil fragments, all from the excavations by John Garstang at Abydos (primarily from Middle Kingdom graves), were examined using Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Disperse Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-Ray Fluorescence (µXRF), Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (µPIXE) and Double Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (D²XRF). The work allowed us to characterise the composition of the base-alloys and also to reveal the presence of Pt at trace levels, confirming the use of alluvial gold deposits. Corrosion products were also investigated in the foils where surface tarnish was visually observed. Results showed that the differences in the colour of corrosion observed for the foils are related not only to the thickness of the corrosion layer but also to a multi-layer structure containing the various corrosion products. KW - Gold KW - Egypt KW - PGE KW - Provenance KW - Corrosion KW - muXRF KW - muPIXE KW - D2XRF KW - SEM-EDS PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2015.03.012 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 VL - 108 SP - 75 EP - 82 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-33155 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Guerra, M.F. A1 - Martinón-Torres, M. A1 - Lemasson, Q. A1 - Moignard, B. A1 - Pacheco, C. A1 - Pichon, L. A1 - Macdonald, L. A1 - Hess, M. A1 - Tissot, I. ED - Guerra, M. F. ED - Martinón-Torres, M. ED - Quirke, S. T1 - Analytical approaches to Egyptian goldwork T2 - Ancient Egyptian gold: Archaeology and science in jewellery (3500–1000 bc) N2 - The structure and composition of ancient gold objects retain information about their long history of manufacture, from the exploitation of the ore to the finishing touches, as well as evidence of their use, deposition, and degradation. By developing an efficient analytical strategy, it is possible to retrieve that information. This chapter sets the necessary foundation 131to explore fully the analytical results presented in the following chapters of this volume. The techniques employed in the analyses of the Egyptian jewellery are described and the analytical parameters provided. For more established techniques, only brief introductions are presented, while more recent developments are presented in greater detail. KW - Gold KW - Synchrotron KW - D2XRF KW - Egypt PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-586039 DO - https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.99681 SP - 131 EP - 191 AN - OPUS4-58603 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -