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Sabine Bianka Krause: Documentation and investigation of technology and damage phenomena of plasters and mortars on the tempel of Athribis at Sohag (Egypt) Back
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Abstract: The present study contributes to the reconstruction of the architectural development of the Late Ptolemaic/Roman tempel of Athribis at Sohag (Egypt) by focussing on the historical plasters/ mortars used during different building and reconstruction phases of the temple. The study analyses the composition of plasters/mortars primarily used as plasters and repair mortars or joined mortars, respectively. It establishes a catalogue of the existing plasters in unearthed parts of the building and their preservation status, and maps their distribution within the temple. Finally, a concept of conservation treatments has been developed for heavily disintegrated and salt-contaminated (NaCl) Egyptian gypsum mortars. A major and hitherto unknown result of the study is that lime plasters have been used with gypsum plasters during the same construction phases.

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  • academic institution: Technische Hochschule Köln
  • kind of theses:  Diplomarbeit
  • main Tutor:  Prof Hans Leisen
  • assistant Tutor:  Ester von Plehwe-Leisen
  • date:  2010
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