Facebook Twitter Telegram Youtube Instagram FlipboardCheck all the information in PDF on your favorite deviceImaging examinations entrusted to IAPH on the two Roman bronze sculptures are 75% completeRoman ephebes found in Pedro Abad./ The dayED C 23 July, 2021 - 12:47hThe Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage, through the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (IAPH), advances in the scientific knowledge of the two bronze Roman ephebes found in the municipality of Pedro Abad, completing a first phase of study and diagnosis.This has been transferred by the IAPH technical team to the monitoring commission, which has had the assistance of the General Secretary of Cultural Heritage of the Junta de Andalucía, Macarena O'Neill.All the advances have been communicated to institutional representatives of the province of Córdoba, who have visited the IAPH archeology workshop.Among the most relevant actions of the current phase are the imaging exams (high-resolution photographs, scintigraphy, video endoscopy and 3D photogrammetric surveys) which, 75% completed, have allowed access to information on the ephebes.A CT scan has also been performed on the head of the Dionysian ephebe and on the hand of the Apollonian ephebe in collaboration with the National Accelerator Center, which has made it possible to obtain, through radiation emitted from different angles, images of the interior of the sculptures.On the other hand, within this same phase, the historical-artistic and archaeological studies are well advanced, which will run parallel to the entire subsequent intervention process, with the verification of documentary sources, the morpho-stylistic, iconographic, and functional analyzes and a chronospatial ascription.Finally, the IAPH has also started the elemental and compositional chemical characterization analyzes of the constituent materials of the ephebes, in addition to the analyzes of the alteration products.This last field includes the characterization of the metal alloy and the welds of these two bronze sculptures (performed by means of portable X-ray fluorescence and metallography in punctual micro-samples) and of their superficial patinas and alteration products (from X-ray diffraction). X, scanning electron microscope with energy dispersed X-ray spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, among others).The IAPH plans to intensify these latest studies in the second half of the year, together with the start of a series of archaeometric analyzes of both bronzes in order to investigate their origin and manufacturing technique.All these multidisciplinary works are possible thanks to the scientific infrastructure of the IAPH and its multidisciplinary technical team, expert and with proven experience.Added to this is the strategic cooperation with a network of external entities of scientific excellence, which will allow the exchange of experiences and optimization of results.This program of preliminary studies, which is about to end, is the first phase of the management assignment to the IAPH by the Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage for the R&D and conservation of these Roman sculptures found in Pedro Abad.From now on, the work will continue to be more focused on operational activities (the cleaning process of some of the ephebes has already begun) and, later, on scientific transfer.The knowledge obtained will undoubtedly make it possible to go beyond the specific case of the ephebes of Pedro Abad and contribute to the advancement of criteria, techniques and methodologies for the conservation of the great bronzes of Antiquity.The delegate of the Government of the Junta in Córdoba, Antonio Repullo;the territorial delegate for Culture and Historical Heritage, Cristina Casanueva;the delegate of Culture of Pedro Abad, Adela Calzado, accompanied by the director of the IAPH, Juan José Primo Jurado, have seen first-hand the progress of the investigations.You have to be registered to be able to write comments.© JolyDigital |Rioja 13, Mezzanine.41001 Seville