By late 2008 one of the most important pieces of the ‘Museo delle Antichit`a Egizie’ of Turin, the sculpture of the Pharaoh with god Amun, was planned to be one of the masterpieces of a travelling exhibition in Japan. The ‘Fondazione Museo delle Antichit`a Egizie di Torino’, who manages the museum, was concerned with the integrity of the base of the statue which actually presents visible signs of restoration dating back to the early 19th century. It was required to estimate the persistence of the visible fractures, to search for unknown ones and to provide information about the overall mechanical strength of the base. To tackle the first question a GPR reflection survey along three sides of the base was performed and the results were assembled in a 3D rendering. As far as the second question is concerned, two parallel, horizontal ultrasonic 2D tomograms across the base were made. We acquired, for each section, 723 ultrasonic signals corresponding to different transmitter and receiver positions. The tomographic data were inverted using four different software packages based upon different algorithms. The obtained velocity images were then compared each other, with the GPR results and with the visible fractures in the base. A critical analysis of the comparisons is finally presented.

SAMBUELLI, L., BOHM, G., CAPIZZI, P., CARDARELLI, E., COSENTINO, P. (2011). Comparison among GPR measurements and ultrasonic tomographies with different inversion algorithms. an application to the basement of an ancient Egyptian sculpture. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS AND ENGINEERING, 8(3), 106-116 [10.1088/1742-2132/8/3/S10].

Comparison among GPR measurements and ultrasonic tomographies with different inversion algorithms. an application to the basement of an ancient Egyptian sculpture

CAPIZZI, Patrizia;COSENTINO, Pietro
2011-01-01

Abstract

By late 2008 one of the most important pieces of the ‘Museo delle Antichit`a Egizie’ of Turin, the sculpture of the Pharaoh with god Amun, was planned to be one of the masterpieces of a travelling exhibition in Japan. The ‘Fondazione Museo delle Antichit`a Egizie di Torino’, who manages the museum, was concerned with the integrity of the base of the statue which actually presents visible signs of restoration dating back to the early 19th century. It was required to estimate the persistence of the visible fractures, to search for unknown ones and to provide information about the overall mechanical strength of the base. To tackle the first question a GPR reflection survey along three sides of the base was performed and the results were assembled in a 3D rendering. As far as the second question is concerned, two parallel, horizontal ultrasonic 2D tomograms across the base were made. We acquired, for each section, 723 ultrasonic signals corresponding to different transmitter and receiver positions. The tomographic data were inverted using four different software packages based upon different algorithms. The obtained velocity images were then compared each other, with the GPR results and with the visible fractures in the base. A critical analysis of the comparisons is finally presented.
2011
SAMBUELLI, L., BOHM, G., CAPIZZI, P., CARDARELLI, E., COSENTINO, P. (2011). Comparison among GPR measurements and ultrasonic tomographies with different inversion algorithms. an application to the basement of an ancient Egyptian sculpture. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS AND ENGINEERING, 8(3), 106-116 [10.1088/1742-2132/8/3/S10].
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