Beautiful samples from Roman sites in Styria, part of the archaeological collection of the University of Graz. Thanks to Mag. Robert Pritz and Ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Manfred Lehner. Samples from wall painting fragments and Egyptian blue pellets from Flavia Solva thanks to Dr. Barbara Porod and Universalmuseum Joanneum.
Category: Archaeometry
Sample preparation
Egyptian blue pellets for mineralogical analysis at University of Vienna thanks to Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian L. Lengauer. Sand sample preparation for analysis at University of Vienna and Montanuniversität Leoben thanks to Univ.-Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.mont. Frank Melcher and Assoz.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Doris Groß.
Egyptian blue pellets
After sampling at Magdalensberg, I collected a piece of Egyptian blue pellet found during excavations at Retznei. Thanks to Mag. Dr. Bernhard Schrettle.
Fieldwork Magdalensberg
Mid-October visit to the collection of wall painting fragments of Landesmuseum Kärnten in Klagenfurt: analyzing & sampling wall painting fragments from Virunum and Magdalensberg, including samples from an Egyptian blue pellet. Thanks to Univ.-Doz. Dr. Heimo Dolenz, Mag. Dr. Desiree Ebner-Baur, and their team.
Collecting sand
Thanks to the sand collection of the Federal Monuments Authority Austria, particularly to Farkas Pintér and Karl Stingl, for samples of calcium-rich sands from #Noricum
Fieldwork @Teurnia
Late September to early October analyzing & sampling at the wall paintings collection of Teurnia #Noricum in Oberkärnten. Beautiful fragments & lots of work – thanks to Prof. F. Glaser for his great support!
