期刊名称：International Journal of Conservation Science
印刷版ISSN：2067-533X
电子版ISSN：2067-8223
出版年度：2018
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：91-104
出版社：Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
摘要：The focus of this paper is to reveal unknown features and to obtain still more information on technology of wood working used on the black shrine-shaped boxes from Tutankhamen collection. Moreover, the authors were significantly interested in identification of the wood species and shed lit on the reflection of The sudden death of the young king, the value of wood and its relative scarcity, not only in ingenious shrines construction methods and the incorporation of many fragments of timber, but also in the presence numerous pieces that show clear evidence of reuse from earlier objects. Patching, even for the royal wood workings, with another piece of wood secured by dowels and white pastes was one option and knots holes were sometimes drilled out and filled with plugs. The botanical species of the wood samples were identified by observing the thin sections under an optical transmission light microscope; technology of wood working were examined by visible imaging and raking light along with 3D software. The results revealed that cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani) and sycamore fig (Ficus sycomorus) had been used for making the shrines’ boards and sleds while tamarisk (Tamarix sp.), Turkey oak (Quercus cerris L.), and Sidder (nabk) (Zizyphus spina Christi) used for making wooden dowels. Wooden pegs used to collect the shrine boards, roof and cornice together while the wooden joint of through mortise and tenon was used to collect the body of the shrine to the sled. The raking light was effective in revealing the tools marks.
