Conservation Report, Amheida February 2010

Abstract

We were on site from the 3rd to the 9th of February, 2010. During this brief visit, we completed the following tasks: Discussed the priorities for conservation treatment, examined all of the 180 trays of plaster fragments in the storage room, completed an inventory of conservation materials and tools, completed a test detachment of a section of painted plaster from its thick mud brick, completed consolidation tests on fragments from the Green Room, examined the large painted plasters in the plaster storage room, lifted and stabilized the five low-fired ceramic coffins in storage, visited the site to understand some of the conditions that will effect future conservation interventions, and prepared a proposal for future conservation treatment.