Hanadi Saada , Moamen Othman , Nour Attia , Maha Salah , Hanan Mohalhal , Yasunori Matsuda , Mona Khaleil
{"title":"A safely green treatment of bio-deteriorated painted archaeological papyri by Wasabi","authors":"Hanadi Saada , Moamen Othman , Nour Attia , Maha Salah , Hanan Mohalhal , Yasunori Matsuda , Mona Khaleil","doi":"10.1016/j.jas.2024.105936","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Wasabi has been displayed substantial fungicidal behavior for the disinfection of bio-deteriorated non-painted archaeological papyri. Therefore, in this study for the first time the interference of Wasabi with different pigments of painted papyrus has been studied. Microbiological, mechanical, physical and chemical evaluations were carried out using various spectroscopic, tensile tester and microscopic tools. Wasabi vapors treatment for 72hs (2.5%) has eradicated the microbial growth of all the examined infected painted and non-painted papyri with inhibition efficiency of 100%. The tensile strength of the treated papyri recorded enhancement by 26%, while maintained the color of painted and non-painted papyri without any noticeable change (ΔE < 1). Moreover, </span>surface morphology<span> of treated papyri has been evaluated and there was no change recorded. Additionally, FT-IR and EDX analyses revealed negligible chemical changes were attained. Interestingly, upon long term treatment evaluation, which has been conducted based on the artificial aging of approximately 100 years, the papyrus samples remained unchanged. Therefore, this study presents a green and cost-effective conservation approach for long-term preservation of painted archaeological papyri.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":50254,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Archaeological Science","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324000025","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ANTHROPOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Wasabi has been displayed substantial fungicidal behavior for the disinfection of bio-deteriorated non-painted archaeological papyri. Therefore, in this study for the first time the interference of Wasabi with different pigments of painted papyrus has been studied. Microbiological, mechanical, physical and chemical evaluations were carried out using various spectroscopic, tensile tester and microscopic tools. Wasabi vapors treatment for 72hs (2.5%) has eradicated the microbial growth of all the examined infected painted and non-painted papyri with inhibition efficiency of 100%. The tensile strength of the treated papyri recorded enhancement by 26%, while maintained the color of painted and non-painted papyri without any noticeable change (ΔE < 1). Moreover, surface morphology of treated papyri has been evaluated and there was no change recorded. Additionally, FT-IR and EDX analyses revealed negligible chemical changes were attained. Interestingly, upon long term treatment evaluation, which has been conducted based on the artificial aging of approximately 100 years, the papyrus samples remained unchanged. Therefore, this study presents a green and cost-effective conservation approach for long-term preservation of painted archaeological papyri.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Archaeological Science is aimed at archaeologists and scientists with particular interests in advancing the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. This established monthly journal publishes focus articles, original research papers and major review articles, of wide archaeological significance. The journal provides an international forum for archaeologists and scientists from widely different scientific backgrounds who share a common interest in developing and applying scientific methods to inform major debates through improving the quality and reliability of scientific information derived from archaeological research.