Articles

Spectroscopic investigations of pigments on a late Roman milestone from Calabria, Southern Italy.


Abstract


In this paper the compositional and structural analysis of a Roman milestone, preserved in the Antiquarium of the archaeological park of Bova Marina, Reggio Calabria, south of Italy, was performed. A combination of spectroscopic techniques was employed for this purpose. Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM+EDX) was used for the morphological investigation and quantitative elemental analysis of the investigated samples; Raman Spectroscopy (RS) was employed to identify their crystalline mineral components and to study their microstructure. The chemical analysis allowed us to identify elements and compounds, closely related to the sample preparation, with the aim to investigate about nature and the possible artistic technique, to better understand the original aspect of this late-Empire road system.


Keywords


Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; Raman Spectroscopy; Roman milestone; Late-Empire road system

Full Text:

PDF


DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2423/i22394303v10n2p81

References


Acri, G., Testagrossa, B., Faenza, P., & Caridi, F. (2020). Spectroscopic analysis of ancient gilts of the Antonello Gagini Annunciation’s sculptural group, church of the St. Theodore Martyr in Bagaladi, Reggio Calabria, Italy. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 20(1). doi:10.5281/zenodo.336481

Basso, P. (2018). Cosa Raccontano i cippi miliari. Quaderni friulani di archeologia, Anno XXVIII, 107-122.

Buonopane, A. (2003). Abusi epigrafici tardo-antichi: i miliari dell’Italia settentrionale (regiones X e XI). Usi ed abusi epigrafici. Atti del Colloquio Internazionale di epigrafi a latina. (pp. 343-354). Roma: M.G. Angeli Bertinelli e A. Donati.

Caggiani, M. C., Cosentino, A., & Mangone, A. (2016). Pigment Checker 3.0, a handy set for conservation scientists: A free online Raman spectra database. Microchemical Journal, 129, 123-132. doi:10.1016/j.microc.2016.06.020

Caridi, F., D'Agostino, M., Marguccio, S., Belvedere, A., Belmusto, G., Marcianò, G., Sabatino, G., & Mottese, A. (2016). Radioactivity, granulometric and elemental analysis of river sediments samples from the coast of Calabria, south of Italy. European Physical Journal Plus, 131(5), 136.

Caridi, F., Marguccio, S., D'Agostino, M., Belvedere, A., & Belmusto, G. (2016). Natural radioactivity and metal contamination of river sediments in the Calabria region, south of Italy. European Physical Journal Plus, 131(5), 155.

Caridi, F., Mezzasalma, A. M., & Castrizio, E. D. (2014). An investigation on the patina of ancient bronze coins. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 169(5), 371-379.

Caridi, F., Sabatino, G., Mezzasalma, A. M., Faenza, P., & Castrizio, E. D. (2014). Spectroscopic analyses of an ancient silver fragment of the reliquary bust of St. Leo. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 169(7), 573-583.

Coppola, G. (2009). La viabilità in età romana tra Regium e Bova Marina. In Il Parco Archeologico Deri-San Pasquale. Bova Marina (pp. 43-48). Reggio Calabria: Agostino, R.

Costabile, F. (1987). Due miliari da Decastadium (Bruttii) e la damnatio memoriae di Licinio e Liciniano. In Hestíasis. Studi di tarda antichità offerti a Salvatore Calderone, III (pp. 219–234.). Messina: G. Puglisi.

Costamagna, L. (1991). La sinagoga di Bova Marina nel quadro degli insediamenti tardoantichi della costa Ionica meridionale della Calabria. Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Moyen-Age, 103(2), 611-630. doi:10.3406/mefr.1991.3190

Faenza, P. (2009). Bova Marina. Storia arte e natura nella Calabria Greca. Reggio Calabria: Iiriti.

Fukunaga, K., & Hosako, I. (2010). Innovative non-invasive analysis techniques for cultural heritage using terahertz technology. Comptes Rendus Physique, 11(7-8), 519-526. doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2010.05.004

Graf, D. F. (1999). The Via Nova Traiana in Arabia Petraea. In J. H. Humphrey (Ed.), The Roman and Byzantine Near East: some recent archaeological research (Vol. 2, pp. 241-265). Portsmouth, RI, USA: Journal of Roman Archaeology.

Grelle, F., & Volpe, G. (1996). Aspetti della geografia amministrativa ed economica della Calabria in età tardo antica. In M. Pani (Ed.), Epigrafia e territorio politica e società. Temi di antichità Romane (Vol. 4, pp. 113-155.). Bari: Edipuglia.

Gutman, M., Zanier, K., Lux, J., & Kramar, S. (2016). Pigment analysis of roman wall paintings from two villae rusticae in Slovenia. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 16(3), 193-206. doi:10.5281/zenodo.160970

Jeol. (2019). JMC 6000 User Manual.

Liritzis, I., Zacharias, N., Papageorgiou, I., Tsaroucha, A., & Palamara, E. (2018). Characterisation and analyses of museum objects using pXRF: An application from the Delphi Museum, Greece. Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, 24(1), 31–50.

Mandò, P. A., Fedi, M. E., & Grassi, N. (2011). The present role of small particle accelerators for the study of cultural heritage. European Physical Journal Plus, 126(4), 41-50. doi:10.1140/epjp/i2011-11041-9

Marucci, G., Beeby, A., Parker, A. W., & Nicholson, C. E. (2018). Raman Spectroscopic Library Of Medieval Pigments Collected With Five Different Wavelengths For Investigation Of Illuminated Manuscripts. Analytical Methods, 10, 1219-1236. doi:10.1039/c8ay00016f

Miller, K. (1916). Die Peutingersche Tafel oder weltkarte des Castorius. Stuttgart: Strecker und Schröder.

Prontera, F. (2003). Tabula Peutingeriana: le antiche vie del mondo. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki.

Rant, J., Milic, Z., Istenic, J., Knific, T., Lengar, I., & Rant, A. (2006). Neutron radiography examination of objects belonging to the cultural heritage. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 64, 7-12.

Talbert, R. J. (2010). Rome's world: the Peutinger map reconsidered. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Thermo Fisher Scientific. (2019). DXR-SmartRaman Spectrometer User Manual.

Torrisi, L., Caridi, F., Giuffrida, L., Torrisi, A., Mondio, G., Serafino, T., Caltabiano, M., Castrizio, E. D., Paniz, E., & Salici, A. (2010). LAMQS analysis applied to ancient Egyptian bronze coins. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268(10), 1657-1664. doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2010.03.015

Torrisi, L., Mondio, G., Mezzasalma, A. M., Margarone, D., Caridi, F., Serafino, T., & Torrisi, A. (2009). Laser and electron beams physical analyses applied to the comparison between two silver tetradrachm greek coins. European Physical Journal D, 53, 225-232.


Article Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Metrics powered by PLOS ALM

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2020 Barbara Testagrossa

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

 

 

SCIRES-IT, e-ISSN 2239-4303

Journal founded by Virginia Valzano