The Application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and Multispectral Imaging (MSI) on the coffin-lid of Djedmut, Chantress of Amun-Re (Inv. IMJ 82.2.341) at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem: New analytical approach to workshops identification

Abstract

This paper will focus on the coffin-lid of Djedmut, Chantress of Amun-R (Inv. IMJ 82.2.341), donated to the  Israel Museum in the early 1980s and dating from the late Twenty-first Dynasty to the early part of the  Twenty-second Dynasty. In the present research, Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) is combined with  Multispectral Imaging (MSI), valuable for the study of the pigments, to improve a detailed analysis and  visualization of the artifacts’ surface and highlight otherwise difficult-to-perceive features. This analysis  enhances faded decorations, reveals underdrawings, and aids in the identification of pigments, binders,  modifications, and other minute details of the production process, thus contributing to the identification of 
specific workshop profiles.