British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 9

Abstract

• The contents of the ninth volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin reflects the diverse collections held by the British Museum, with subjects ranging from the naturally mummified human remains from the Fourth Cataract region of the Nile Valley to some debased silver coinage of Henry VIII. Contents: Early Byzantine glass weights: aspects of function, typology and composition (Chris Entwistle and Andrew Meek) Conservation treatment and technical observations on two objects from the Waddesdon Bequest with life castings (Maickel van Bellegem, Dora Thornton, Paul Buck and Susan La Niece) The Admonitions Scroll: condition, treatment and housing 1903–2014 (Joanna Kosek, Jin Xian Qiu, Keisuke Sugiyama, Carol Weiss, David Saunders, Catherine Higgitt, Janet Ambers and Caroline Cartwright) A Great Lakes pouch of black-dyed skin with porcupine quillwork: an update (Pippa Cruickshank) Developing a passive approach to the conservation of naturally mummified human remains from the Fourth Cataract region of the Nile Valley (Barbara Wills and Daniel Antoine) A metallographic study of some debased silver coinage of Henry VIII (Quanyu Wang, Constantina Vlachou-Mogire, Megan Gooch and Barrie Cook) Tools for eternity: pre-Columbian workbaskets as textile production toolkits and grave offerings (Karen E. Price, Catherine Higgitt, Thibaut Devièse, Colin McEwan and Bill Sillar) Scientific examination of the Roman ring-pommel sword said to be from Pevensey, East Sussex (Janet Lang and Ralph Jackson) Ancient Egyptian funerary food: new insights (Caroline Cartwright and John H. Taylor) A fresh assessment of a small stone plaque from China (Margaret Sax, Peter Hommel and Sascha Priewe) The conservation and technical investigation of a hollow-cast Egyptian bronze (Graeme McArthur, John H. Taylor and Paul Craddock)