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Table 1 Middle Eastern collection—comparison of adhesive repairs identified and find location

From: Identification of cellulose nitrate based adhesive repairs in archaeological pottery of the University of Melbourne’s Middle Eastern archaeological pottery collection using portable FTIR-ATR spectroscopy and PCA

Accession period

Find location

Country

Total objects

No. repaired

CN

PVAc

PVAc + CN

PTN

ACR

ACR + CN

PS

Other

0000

Madrash

India

25

1

1

0000

Arad

Palestine

5

1

1

0000

Lachish

Palestine

8

1

1

0000

Tell Michal

Palestine

10

1

1

0000

Tell Sheva

Palestine

2

1

1

0000

Palestine

40

4

1

2

1

0000

Aphek

15

2

 

1

1

0000

79

4

2

1

1

0000

Nimrud

Assyria

1

0

0000

(Blank)

Assyria

1

0

0000

Bab edh-Dhra

Jordan

1

0

0000

(Blank)

Egypt

1

0

1960

Jericho

Palestine

16

5

2

1

2

1960

Tell Michal

Palestine

22

3

 

1

1

1

1960

(Blank)

Palestine

3

1

1

1960

(Blank)

(Blank)

1

0

 

1968

(Blank)

Egypt

8

1

1

1970

Jerusalem

Palestine

3

1a

1

1

1970

Jerusalem (Kenyon)

Palestine

12

0

1970

Jerusalem Cave 1

Palestine

98

67a

7

24

36

3

1

8

1970

Tell Michal

Palestine

1

1975

Arad

Palestine

70

21

15

2

6

1975

Tell Sheva

Palestine

1

1a

1

1

1

1978

Bab edh-Dhra

Jordan

42

12a

2

4

3

7

1991

Susa

1

0

 

Grand total

 

466

127

15

48

47

0

4

2

2

30

  1. CN cellulose nitrate, PVAc poly(vinyl acetate), PTN protein, ACR acrylic, PS polystyrene
  2. aIncludes repaired vessels with more than one type of adhesive present