I have been asked to conduct a workshop on multispectral imaging applied to ostraca, in Jerusalem, on 12 Sept 2019.

Multispectral imaging consists in photographing an object under various wavelengths, both visible and invisible. In the case of ostraca—pottery shards recycled into writing media—the purpose is to enhance the decipherment of ink traces.

The workshop will take place at the French Research Center in Jerusalem (CRFJ), Shimshon Street 3, at 9:30am. I will start with theoretical aspects, defining multispectral imaging and outlining its various uses. I will then focus on ostraca, discussing the potential and limit of multispectral imaging for the study of such inscriptions.

In the second part of the workshop, we will look at the equipment I set up and carry out actual imaging of newly found ostraca from Maresha, in collaboration with Esther Eshel and Boaz Zissu, from Bar Ilan University’s Jeselsohn Epigraphic Center.

This workshop is free and open to researchers. See you on Thursday! 🙂

SEE ALSO

In Search of the Oldest Manuscripts of the Bible: Theft, Looting and Forgery – Jerusalem, 18 Dec 2019 The Death and Resurrection of the Old Hebrew Script, 24 Sept 2019 in Helsinki The Birth of Greek Bible and Christianity, 13 Sept 2019 in Jerusalem First Qumran Residency, 9–19 Sept 2019 Divine Names and Epithets in Aramaic Inscriptions, 12 July 2019 in Jerusalem Methodologies in Medieval Archaeology, 27-28 May 2019 in Jerusalem The Scribe in the Biblical World, 17-19 June 2019 in Strasbourg New Inscriptions from Herodium, in Jerusalem on 11 Apr 2019