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The technical examination of an Egyptian painting in an aqueous medium on linen fabric by means of optical and chemical microscopy, X-radiography and amino acid analysis revealed that it was painted in distemper, employing pigments consistent with those used in the ascribed period of the painting, namely the third–fourth century A.D.
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