General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums completes the restoration of a clay doll dating back to the Stone Age

Archeology

On March 6th, the Directorate of Scientific Laboratories in the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums completed the restoration of a clay doll in the form of a human that was discovered in 1967 at the site of Tell al-Ramad, dating back to the Neolithic era. 

The clay doll’s length of 25 cm, width of 5 x 8 cm, and a depth of 16 cm, and its date is estimated between 6250 and 5500 BC. 

 

The restoration work of this doll included removing the various damage factors such as cleaning, removing and peeling the adhesive pools around the existing fractures, in addition to cleaning the surface of dust and salts that appeared under the glue layer. 

Fragile and brittle areas were also reinforced with a resin solution to collect the separated parts of the arm and the missing parts at the arm were also reinforced with a clay material homogeneous with the original material. 

During the restoration process, the Directorate of Scientific Laboratories documented the entire piece from the moment of discovery, previous restorations and damages, up to the current state and current restorations, with photographing all stages of work.

 

O. al-Mohammad 

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