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Marble bowl
Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible light luminescence examination, Raman spectroscopy
This marble, rolled-rim bowl is intact except for minor, mended losses at the rim. A groove around the interior of the rim underscores the plasticity of its rolled shape. There are abundant remains of a pinkish-red pigment in the interior of the bowl. Technical analysis shows that the red pigment is either a mixture of cinnabar and calcite, or a very thin layer of cinnabar on top of a layer of calcite. Like many examples of this common type of bowl, this one may have been used for mixing pigments.(1).
Sandy MacGillivray, Wendy Walker, Federico Carò
(1) See, Getz-Gentle, Pat. 1996. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age. pp. 99-105, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
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