British museum technical research bulletin, volume 4

The image revealed: study and conservation of a mid-nineteenth century Ethiopian church painting Heidi Cutts, Lynne Harrison, Catherine Higgitt and Pippa Cruickshank Coatings and contents: Investigations of residues on four fragmentary sixth century BC vessels from Naukratis (Egypt) Rebecca Stacey, Caroline Cartwright, Satoko Tanimoto and Alexandra Villing A gold four-horse model chariot from the Oxus Treasure: a fine illustration of Achaemenid goldwork Aude Mongiatti, Nigel Meeks and St John Simpson The Treu Head: a case study in Roman sculptural polychromy Giovanni Verri, Thorsten Opper and Thibaut Deviese Change and stasis: the technology of Dark Age metalwork from the Carpathian Basin Paul Craddock, Michael Cowell, Duncan Hook, Michael Hughes, Susan La Niece and Nigel Meeks Investigating the construction methods of an opus vermiculatum mosaic panel Melina Smirniou, Giovanni Verri, Paul Roberts, Andrew Meek, and Michela Spataro Assessing the effects of alkaline desalination treatments for archaeological iron using scanning electron microscopy Melanie Rimmer and Quanyu Wang Colour holography of the oldest known work of art from Wales Hans Bjelkhagen and Jill Cook New light on old swords from Iran St John Simpson and Susan La Niece