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