TY - JOUR ID - 137713 TI - ANALYTICAL STUDY AND TREATMENTS OF THE DECAYED MURAL PAINTINGS AT ATHRIBIS IN SHEIKH HAMAD TEMPLE, SOHAG GOVERNORATE, EGYPT JO - Shedet JA - SHEDET LA - en SN - 2356-8704 AU - Orabi, Ezz Arabi AD - Conservation Department, Faculty of Archaeology, Aswan University. Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 7 IS - 7 SP - 238 EP - 249 KW - Attrips temple KW - wall paintings KW - Pigments KW - Organic medium KW - salts KW - Consolidation KW - Cleaning DO - 10.21608/shedet.2020.32147.1015 N2 - This article focuses on the identification of the building materials used at Athribis temple – Sohag and their most common degradation factors, and then assessing the most appropriate consolidants for the decayed wall paintings at the temple. The building materials were studied through XRD, SEM-EDX, FTIR spectroscopy and light optical microscope to identify chemical decompositions and physical failures. Soluble salts were detected in the building materials. White pigment is calcium carbonate, yellow pigment goethite, red pigment hematite, blue pigment Egyptian blue, green pigment Egyptian green, the paint medium is animal glue. Conservation treatments were achieved using Ethanol + PLM.I for injecting detached plasters, Sturgeon glue 1.5% as a filler for cracks, Syton x30 for pre-consolidation, EDTA poultices for cleaning, EDTA for salt extraction, Cidal 50 L50 as a biocide and Klucel G as a final consolidant. UR - https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_137713.html L1 - https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_137713_51de5a33c4c43c046d0b1f1a3bfdfb51.pdf ER -