oa2017sam2

Object MS4494. Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Helen Wong, Ian Roy, Brandeis DH Lab

Koh, Birney 2017

Record Summary

For more info on sample types and qualities, see Sample Quality Rankings

Diagnostic Compounds	Proposed Sources	Probable Ingredients
Cinnamic acid Duke's NIST	Liquidambar orientalis Duke's	Storax balsam Ancient Ref. The region of Syria beyond Phoenicia nearest to Judea produces storax...The storax esteemed next to the above-named growths comes from Pisidia, Side, Cyprus, and Cilicia and that from Crete is rated lowest; that from Mount Amanus in Syria is valued by the medical profession, but even more by perfumers...It is also produced in Pamphylia, but this is a drier and less juicy kind. Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia 12.55
Azelaic acid Duke's NIST	Olea europaea Duke's Flora	Olive oil
Camphor Duke's NIST	Artemisia absinthium Duke's Flora	Camphor Ancient Ref. And the name of the star is called Apsinthos - i.e. wormwood New Testament Revelation 8:11
Linalool Duke's NIST	Coriandrum sativum Duke's Flora	Essential Oil from Corriander Ancient Ref. Thus Alxoitas gave to Thyestes the perfumed-boiler aromatics for perfume destined for boiling: coriander 576 l, cyperus 576 l, *157 16 units, fruits 240 l, wine 576 l, honey 58 l, wool 6 kg, inferior wine 58 l Pylos Linear B tablets Linear B Tablet UN 267 , Link 2 Twinono (?) Kyprios: 6 measures of coriander Knossos Linear B tablets Linear B Tablet Ga 676 , Link 2

Source: stirrup jar MS4494

Betancourt, PP. Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilike, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos, and Other Sites. Vol. 1 of The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. 1983.
Find Site: Tourloti - Plakalona
Atlas
Site Region: Crete
Date Relative: Late Minoan IIIC Early
Date Absolute: 1175 BCE
Production Location: western Siteia foothills
Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Koh, A., Birney, K.. Organic Compounds and Cultural Continuity: The Penn Museum Late Minoan IIIC Stirrup Jar from Tourloti. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. University of the Agean. 2017. 19-33. http://maajournal.com/Issues/2017/Vol17-2/Koh%20and%20Birney%2017(2).pdf.

Archem id: archem4427
Site orig id: MS4494
Sample date: 2015-08-21
Subsample amount: ~2 ml
Gcms analysis date: 2015-08-22
Stored in plastic: false
Plastic in gcms: false
Ided substance: true
Notes: LM IIIC Early; excavated in 1905/1906; subsamples were concentrated to solid by rotary evaporator and redissolved in uninhibited tetrahydrofuran (THF) to produce ~300 μl GC-MS analytes, which supplied 5 μl for auto injection; Solvent blanks were utilized before and after each sample;pulsed split injector and interface were both set to 250°C; initial oven temperature set to 100°C and held for two minutes before reaching 250°C at a rate of 10°C/minute, at which time it was held for an additional 11 minutes, giving the total program time of 28 minutes/sample
Site id: oa2017sit1
Source id: oa2017sou1
Equipment id: oa2017equ1
Extraction id: oa2017ext2
Chromatogram id: oa2017chr2
Author id: 0
Vetted: true
Sample type: Legacy object
Sample quality: 2

Oa id: oa2017ext2
Solvent: ethanol
Buchi: false
Swished: true
Boiled manually: false
Notes: Second Swish Extraction; carbonized seed in filter paper?; still dirty
Date: August 2015
Location: Penn Museum
Number: 2

Oa id: oa2017equ1
Manufacturer: Agilent
Model: 7890A
Column manufacturer: Agilent
Column model: HP-5MS
Settings: pulsed split injector and interface were both set to 250°C; initial oven temperature was set to 100°C and held for two minutes before reaching 250°C at a rate of 10°C/minute, at which time it was held for an additional 11 minutes, giving the total program time of 28 minutes/sample; solvent blanks were utilized before and after the set
Detector: 5975C VL MSD Triple Axis Detector
Date: August 2015
Location: Brandeis University Department of Chemistry
Solvent: tetrahydrofuran (THF)