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Table 2 Cypriot pottery 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

Cyprus

10

0

1956

Cyprus

4

0

1956

Pano Dikomo

Cyprus

5

1

1

1972

Ayai Paraskevi

Cyprus

10

7

4

1

1

1

1972

Lapatsa

Cyprus

20

13

4

6

1

1

1

1972

Palealona

Cyprus

102

55

33

11

5

6

1972

Palealona/Lapatsa?

Cyprus

2

0

1972

Cyprus

5

0

1987

Alonia

Cyprus

2

0

1987

Ayios Epiktetos

Cyprus

2

0

1987

Ayios Lakovos

Cyprus

11

2

1

1

1987

Erimi

Cyprus

6

0

1987

Kipolistra

Cyprus

1

0

1987

Rizokarpass

Cyprus

1

1

1

1987

Sphageion

Cyprus

4

4

3

1

1987

Stephania

Cyprus

16

9

7

2

1987

Vounous

Cyprus

102

66

42

1

13

1

1

8

1987

?

Cyprus

116

25

17

6

2

Totals

  

419

183

112

1

40

2

2

4

6

16

  1. CN cellulose nitrate, PVAc poly (vinyl acetate), PTN protein, ACR acrylic, PS polystyrene