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Helmeted Head from the Aphaia Temple, Glyptothek Munich
(Variant A)

Helmeted head of a warrior from the west pediment of the Aphaia Temple, Aegina, Variant A, colour reconstruction (artificial marble, natural pigment according to the Price Method in tempera technique). Polychromy: Gabriela Tobin, Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann.

(Staatliche Antikensammlungen and Glyptothek, Munich)

Applied methods:
UVF=Ultraviolet Fluorescence (Schott KV 418)
UVR=Ultraviolet Reflectography (Schott UG1 or Schott BG12)
VM=Visual Light Stereo Microscopy (10-50x, Zeiss & Olympus)
RL=Raking Light (Schott KL1500)
NLBW=Photography in visible light, black & white
NLCOLOR=Photography in visible light, full color
MPH=Macro Photography (via Microscope or Macro lenses)
UV-VIS=UV-VIS Absorption Spectroscopy

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(c) Renate Kühling, Glyptothek & Vinzenz Brinkmann, Polychromy Research Project & Franz Kaufmann