Conservation around the Millennium (Hungarian National Museum, 2001)

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Results of PIXE analysis (abstracted) grave 1348 (9-14)

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Cu

45.31

37.75

32.78

39.54

51.31

32.83

Zn

2.46

2.46

2.32

2.51

2.45

3.78

Sn

12.19

18.84

19.84

25.59

16.06

23.99

Pb

3.97

11.02

11.67

6.60

5.60

8.37

Results of a test series on different measuring points and depths of the front sides of great strap ends found in graves 1315 and 1348, indicated in % of dominant ingredients

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Z

Z2

K

K2

H

Hp

Cu

53.34

51.45

53.84

53.07

67.46

36.67

Zn

1.80

1.00

0.92

0.80

3.08

1.82

Sn

5.35

2.37

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thanks to Dr. Márta Járó, chemist of HNM Conservation Department, dr. Attila Tóth, physicist of MTA Technical Physical Research Institution, Katalin T. Bruder, deputy department head - leading restorer of HNM, dr. László Költő, head of Archeological Department of the Directorate of Museums of Somogy County.

Special thanks to the co-workers of MTA Nuclear Research Institution, Debrecen, performing the accelerated ion-beam PIXE analyses: dr. Árpád Zoltán Kiss, professor, and his colleagues, Mrs. Borbély dr. Ildikó Kiss, physicist and István Rajta, physicist.

And thanks to: dr. Zoltán Dinya for performing the organic chemical tests in the laboratory of mass analysis of the Department of Organic Chemical Substances of Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen.

The co-workers of ATOMKI and KLTE performed and offered tests in the value of about HUF 300.000 free of charge for this noble purpose.

Last but not least I’d like to thank Edith Bárdos excavator-archeologist, Mrs. Gőzsy, photographer and my direct colleagues who helped selfless to prove this assumption.

NOTES

1 Proton-induced X-ray emission

The photos are made by Mrs. Erzsébet Gőzsy.

Author’s address:

Ilona Vámosi, art object restorer Somogy County Museum H-7400 Kaposvár, Fő u. 10.

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