Table 2 Summary of the results of FTIR and GC–MS analyses undertaken by the British Museum and the University of Pisa

ÆIN 1045_1

1. Limestone support

2. Beige ground layer

3. Green paint layer

4. Grey layer (not covering all the surface)

1. Not analyzed

2. Possibly an organic binder

3. Calcium oxalate, possibly an organic binder

4. Calcium oxalate

1. Not analyzed

2. Not analyzed

3/4. Polysaccharide binder

ÆIN 1045_2

1. Limestone support

2. Beige ground layer

3. Green paint layer

4. Translucent layer (not covering all the surface)

1. Not analysed

2. Possibly an organic binder

3. Calcium oxalate, possibly an organic binder

4. Wax

1. Not analysed

2. Not analyzed

3/4. Polysaccharide binder

ÆIN 1048

1. White ground layer

2. Blue paint layer

No evidence of organic compounds

Not analysed

ÆIN 1057

1. Limestone support

2. White layer

3. Greenish-blue paint layer (blue and green pigment dispersed in white matrix)

4. Light yellow layer

1. No evidence of organic compounds

2. Calcium oxalate

3. Calcium oxalate

4. Slight amounts of oxalate

Not analysed

ÆIN 1059

1. White layer

2. Yellow paint

1. No evidence of organic compounds

2. Calcium oxalate, possibly an organic binder

1. Not analyzed

2. Polysaccharide binder

ÆIN 1060

1. White layer

2. Yellow paint layer

3. Whitish surficial layer

Not analyzed

1/2. Polysaccharide and proteinaceous binders

3. Beeswax