LIBS and Raman portable instruments have been moved to the Conseervation Laboratories of the 13rd Ephory of Byzantine Antiquities (EBA), in Heraklion to study traces of pigments on stone sculptures with inscriptions. This study revealed the composition of the pigments and allowed the historians to get useful information on the artistic and historic background of these objects.
The campaign was financed by the research project “POLITEIA” (POLitismos-TEchnologIA, New Technologies in the Research, Study, Documentation and Access to the Information for Cultural Heritage Objects and Monuments), Action KRIPIS, project No MIS-448300 (2013SE01380035).
We also greatly appreciate the excellent collaboration and worm hospitallity of the 13rd EBA, particularly the director Vassiliki Sythiakaki, as well as the valuable guidance of Maria Vakondiou, Institute of Mediterranean studies (IMS) of FORTH.