Evolved Gas Analysis-Mass Spectrometry to Identify the Earliest Organic Binder in Aegean Style Wall Paintings

Ravit Linn; Ilaria Bonaduce; Georgia Ntasi; Leila Birolo; Assaf Yasur-Landau; Eric H. Cline; Austin Nevin; Anna Lluveras-Tenorio

doi:10.1002/anie.201806520

Evolved Gas Analysis-Mass Spectrometry to Identify the Earliest Organic Binder in Aegean Style Wall Paintings

Ravit Linn, Ilaria Bonaduce, Georgia Ntasi, Leila Birolo, Assaf Yasur-Landau, Eric H. Cline, Austin Nevin, Anna Lluveras-Tenorio

University of Haifa

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Abstract

An organic binder was identified in the painted fragments from the Canaanite palace of Tel Kabri, Israel. Recently dated to the late 18th century B.C.E. by ¹⁴C, Tel Kabri is the most ancient of the Eastern Mediterranean sites in which Aegean style paintings have been found. The application of pigments was suspected to be using an organic binding medium, particularly for the Egyptian Blue pigment. Samples of blue paint were examined using evolved gas analysis-mass spectrometry (EGA-MS) in order to overcome the analytical challenges imposed by highly degraded aged proteinaceous materials. Egg was identified as the binder based on the presence of hexadecanonitrile and octadecanonitrile, confirming the use of a secco painting technique. Lysozyme C from Gallus gallus was detected by proteomics analysis, confirming the presence of egg. To our knowledge, this is the earliest use of egg as a binder in Aegean style wall paintings.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	13441-13444
Number of pages	4
Journal	Angewandte Chemie
Volume	130
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201806520 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201806520
State	Published - 1 Oct 2018

Keywords

Aegean style paintings
Bronze Age
evolved gas analysis
mass spectrometry
organic binders

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General Chemistry
Catalysis

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Evolved Gas Analysis-Mass Spectrometry to Identify the Earliest Organic Binder in Aegean Style Wall Paintings

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