By Medhat Abdallah, Ahmed Abdrabou, Hussein M. Kamal
ABSTRACT
The stick studied here dates back to the new kingdom, 18th dynasty, King Tutankhamen (1337-1347 B.C).
More than 130 sticks and staves were founded in the tomb of Tutankhamen; many of the forms were clearly
for ritual while others showed signs of use. Here we will will shed light on one of the ritual stick, where
materials of decoration and conservation processes were investigated. Visual assessment, Optical
Microscopy (OM), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectroscopy (FTIR) were used in this study to elucidate the components of the stick, deterioration aspects
and identify the previous conservation materials. Conservation processes entailed cleaning, removal of
improper previous conservation material and filling gaps and voids.
