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ANTIQUITY
Volume 77, Issue 296, Pages 359-372Publisher
ANTIQUITY PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00092346
Keywords
multispectral imaging; ancient-text imaging; scrolls
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Multi-spectral imaging (MSI), which was developed to explore the surface of the earth and other planets from space, has been adapted to read and record faded or burnt manuscripts. The authors show how MSI achieved new readings from carbonised and damaged fragments of papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum, Petra and the Judean Desert. The method has potential for investigating the degraded ornamental surfaces of other artefacts.
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