Qualitative Analysis of Rare Egyptian Archeological Objects

Two artifacts (referred to as “dolls”) were excavated in the 1930’s by the University of Michigan at the site of a Roman farming village in Karanis, Egypt. These dolls are the subject of great interest due to their mixed media construction, the first having a rigid head and body wrapped in fabric while the other being composed of an undifferentiated mass of textile. X-ray Microscopy provided a unique opportunity to non-destructively investigate the internal structure of these artifacts.

Presented at the Micro-CT/XRM user meeting 2016, Brussels (Belgium)

B.M. Khoury¹, J. Battkin-Hall², S. Davis², K.M. Kozloff^2
1Orthopaedic Research Labs, Orthopaedic Surgery Department, University of Michigan,
109 Zina Pitcher Pl, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
²Kelsey Museum of Archeology, University of Michigan, 434 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109