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Non-invasive NMR stratigraphy of a multi-layered artefact: an ancient detached mural painting

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NMR stratigraphy was used to investigate in situ, non-destructively and non-invasively, the stratigraphy of hydrogen-rich layers of an ancient Nubian detached mural painting. Because of the detachment procedure, a complex multi-layered artefact was obtained, where, besides layers of the original mural painting, also the materials used during the procedure all became constitutive parts of the artefact. NMR measurements in situ enabled monitoring of the state of conservation of the artefact and planning of minimum representative sampling to validate results obtained in situ by solid-state NMR analysis of the samples. This analysis enabled chemical characterization of all organic materials. Use of reference compounds and prepared specimens assisted data interpretation.

Right side, portable NMR scanning an ancient detached mural painting, left side NMR stratigraphy of a region of the painting

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  1. Laboratorio di Risonanza Magnetica Annalaura Segre, Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche (IMC), CNR, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015, Monterotondo, Roma, Italy

    Valeria Di Tullio, Donatella Capitani & Noemi Proietti

  2. Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Federica Presciutti & Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti

  3. Istituto di Chimica e Tecnologia dei Polimeri (ICTP), CNR, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

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Di Tullio, V., Capitani, D., Presciutti, F. et al. Non-invasive NMR stratigraphy of a multi-layered artefact: an ancient detached mural painting. Anal Bioanal Chem 405, 8669–8675 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-013-7278-2

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