The Temple Scroll: Reconstructing an ancient manufacturing practice
| Autor: | Ira Rabin, Janille M. Maragh, Admir Masic, Roman Schuetz, James C. Weaver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.
HCI) Parchment media_common.quotation_subject Materials Science ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION Scroll 02 engineering and technology Ancient history 01 natural sciences Layered structure InformationSystems_MODELSANDPRINCIPLES Temple Scroll Research Articles media_common Multidisciplinary InformationSystems_INFORMATIONSYSTEMSAPPLICATIONS 010401 analytical chemistry SciAdv r-articles Dead Sea Scrolls Art 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0104 chemical sciences Chemistry Applied Sciences and Engineering ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING Inorganic layer 0210 nano-technology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Science Advances |
| ISSN: | 2375-2548 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7494 |
| Popis: | Analysis of the Temple Scroll reveals another technology used to produce the Dead Sea Scrolls and potential preservation concerns. The miraculously preserved 2000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient texts of invaluable historical significance, were discovered in the mid-20th century in the caves of the Judean desert. The texts were mainly written on parchment and exhibit vast diversity in their states of preservation. One particular scroll, the 8-m-long Temple Scroll is especially notable because of its exceptional thinness and bright ivory color. The parchment has a layered structure, consisting of a collagenous base material and an atypical inorganic overlayer. We analyzed the chemistry of the inorganic layer using x-ray and Raman spectroscopies and discovered a variety of evaporitic sulfate salts. This points toward a unique ancient production technology in which the parchment was modified through the addition of the inorganic layer as a writing surface. Furthermore, understanding the properties of these minerals is particularly critical for the development of suitable conservation methods for the preservation of these invaluable historical documents. |
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