Pigment analysis
Pigment analysis, using Raman spectroscopy. The report will be available in September, 2023.
Photomicrograph of area H, located on Domitian’s muscle cuirass.
Below, a selection of spectra.
Ultramarine (lapis lazuli)
Cinnaber
Lead white
Lead tin yellow (lead stannate)
Terre verte
Red ochre
Calcite and cinnabar mixed
Cerussite (natural lead white)
Massicot