X-radiograph(s) of "Small Ewer with Strap Handle and with Top in the Form of a Face with a Large, Open Mouth (so-called "Owl-Mask Ewer")"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8859
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Small Ewer with Strap Handle and with Top in the Form of a Face with a Large, Open Mouth (so-called "Owl-Mask Ewer")"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: December 16, 2015
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/354629

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8859
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-radiograph Operators present: Elizabeth LaDuc and Angela Chang

Duration of radiography session: approx. 1.5 hours

Material Description: unglazed ceramic

Sample for TL? no

Radiation source- Comet tube

Exposure settings-
80 kV 5 mA 210 seconds 94 cm focal distance (side view)
80 kV 5 mA 210 seconds 94 cm focal distance (back view)
80 kV 5 mA 210 seconds 94 cm focal distance (oblique view)

Total number of exposures: 3

Filtration used: none

Screens used: 0.010 lead behind plate

Set up/sequencing notes: object upright, with plate taped to wall

Scanning notes: laser power high, 16-bit linear, PMT 10

Image manipulation notes: dcm files exported with edge filter "Gamma 1", levels and sharpness adjusted, saved as .tiff

Other notes:
Side view with handle toward right
Front view is with handle towards plate