Stefan Demeter

Stefan Demeter
Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

eams in the ‚Archäologische Staatssammlung‘, munich
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

● Tatarlι
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

Battle scene and digital reconstruction
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

ed colorant (LM, SEM-EDX)
cross section (CS 1), visible light uv-light
SEM-EDX
elements in the red colorant:
Fe, Pb, Si, Al, Ca, K, S, As (Na, Ti, Zn)
iron lead
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia
sampling
result: hematite, lead red,
realgar, calcite, plaster, silica, clay Chr. Gruber, BLfD

summary of the analysis till now
wood: ceder, juniper
dendrochronology: about 480 BC
red colorant: vermillion, lead red, hematite (PLM; Thieme, Demeter; TUM)
vermillion, lead red, hematite (SEM-EDX; Gruber; BLfD)
red earth, hematite, madder extract (UV-VIS; Piening; SV)
black colorant: animal charcoal (PLM; Thieme, Demeter; TUM)
carbonblack (UV-VIS; Piening; SV)
white colorant: bone white, white earth (PLM; Thieme, Demeter; TUM)
white earth, white lead (UV-VIS; Piening; SV)
grey colorant: bone white, animal charcoal (PLM; Thieme, Demeter; TUM)
clay, carbonblack, ultramarin (UV-VIS; Piening; SV)
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

Cross-gained side
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia
side
backside

Damages caused by funghi
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia
Damage caused by funghi;
No treatment
Damage caused by funghi; before treatment after treatment with rabbit skin glue 0,5%
applied by ultrasonic nebulizer

Fibers with nearly no connection to the substrate
Before treatment after treatment; filling gaps by wood
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

Tunnels tight under the surface
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

standards for the filling mass
• applicable by injection
• no shrinking during drying
• no migration of the binding media
• controlled aging
• inert material
• similar hardness as wood
ideal
package
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

filling mass
• Hollow glass bubbles
Scotchlite S22; ø 29µm – 53µm 4 parts
• Hollow glass bubbles
Scotchlite K1; ø 46µm - 200µm 1 part
• Cellulose 1 part
• Acematt HK 125 1 part
• Rabbit skin glue 10%
+ 0,5% pit lime, Ca(OH) 2 , pH 9 17 parts
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

Example for the useage of the filling mass
Before
During
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia
After treatment (filling mass was colored
by water colors)

Slides for dendrochronology
Slides taken for dendrochronological use by Peter Ian Kuniholm in 1991/1993;
They have to be reintegrated
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

First reconstruction of the East-wall
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

The project is initiated and managed by:
- Prof. Latife Summerer, Institute for Classical Archaeology,
Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München
- Dr. Alexander von Kienlin, same Insitute
For the Conservation is responsible:
- Prof. Erwin Emmerling, Department for Restoration, Art Technology and
Conservation Science, Technical University Munich
Lehrstuhl für Restaurierung, Kunsttechnologie und Konservierungswissenschaft
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlι-Tumulus
eine perserzeitliche bemalte Grabkammer aus Holz
All works are carried out in Collaboration with Turkish and German authorities

Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

during the excavation 1970 scematic reconstruction
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

glue stabilisation putty
original surface
red white black
Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia

Department for Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science
Stefan Demeter: Tatarlı: Study, Conservation and Reconstruction
of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia