The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery?
This article focuses on the archaeological and archaeometric characterization of a glass head pendant in Phoenicio-Punic style from the Marchetti Collection, a formerly private assemblage now belonging to the University of Padova. After the first visual inspection, the typology and appearance of the...
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| description | This article focuses on the archaeological and archaeometric characterization of a glass head pendant in Phoenicio-Punic style from the Marchetti Collection, a formerly private assemblage now belonging to the University of Padova. After the first visual inspection, the typology and appearance of the object raised serious doubts about its authenticity. For this reason, an integrated approach combining stylistic and typo-chronological analyses with archaeometric data was implemented for reconstructing the manufacturing techniques and identifying the raw materials used (i.e., silica source, flux composition, and colouring and opacifying agents). The analytical techniques used include stereomicroscopy (SM) to identify the production techniques, OM, SEM-EDS, and µ-Raman for textural and chemico-mineralogical investigations. The archaeological study and the comparison of our analytical results with the data published in the scientific literature agree in confirming that the investigated object is a forgery, as already demonstrated for other pieces from the same collection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6a116138becf4885b1e9b3ddbc8903ac2025-01-24T13:20:45ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-01-0115276810.3390/app15020768The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery?Elisabetta Malaman0Cinzia Bettineschi1Ivana Angelini2Monica Salvadori3Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, ItalyDepartment of Literary, Linguistic, and Philosophical Studies, Pegaso Digital University, 80132 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, ItalyDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, ItalyThis article focuses on the archaeological and archaeometric characterization of a glass head pendant in Phoenicio-Punic style from the Marchetti Collection, a formerly private assemblage now belonging to the University of Padova. After the first visual inspection, the typology and appearance of the object raised serious doubts about its authenticity. For this reason, an integrated approach combining stylistic and typo-chronological analyses with archaeometric data was implemented for reconstructing the manufacturing techniques and identifying the raw materials used (i.e., silica source, flux composition, and colouring and opacifying agents). The analytical techniques used include stereomicroscopy (SM) to identify the production techniques, OM, SEM-EDS, and µ-Raman for textural and chemico-mineralogical investigations. The archaeological study and the comparison of our analytical results with the data published in the scientific literature agree in confirming that the investigated object is a forgery, as already demonstrated for other pieces from the same collection.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/768glassarchaeometryMarchetti Collectionarchaeological forgeriesPhoenicio-Punic head pendants |
| spellingShingle | Elisabetta Malaman Cinzia Bettineschi Ivana Angelini Monica Salvadori The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery? Applied Sciences glass archaeometry Marchetti Collection archaeological forgeries Phoenicio-Punic head pendants |
| title | The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery? |
| title_full | The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery? |
| title_fullStr | The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery? |
| title_short | The Head Pendant from the Marchetti Collection: Phoenicio-Punic Glass or Modern Forgery? |
| title_sort | head pendant from the marchetti collection phoenicio punic glass or modern forgery |
| topic | glass archaeometry Marchetti Collection archaeological forgeries Phoenicio-Punic head pendants |
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