Raman identification of cuneiform tablet pigments: emphasis and colour technology in ancient Mesopotamian mid-third millennium
Cuneiform tablets tell the life and culture of Sumerian people in a sort of black and white tale because of the binary engraving technique. A leading question arises: did Mesopotamian people apply some kind of colour to decorate their tablets or to put emphasis on selected words? Some administrative...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016319181 |