Four Coptic Textiles from the Louvre Collection 14 C Redated after 55 Years

Dating of Coptic textiles performed in the early days of the radiocarbon dating method was revisited. In 1957–1958, Louvre curator and art historian P du Bourguet had 4 Coptic textiles 14 C dated by the Saclay laboratory. The results were rejected, not because of the large standard deviation (>10...

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