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Wall decoration of a bat, wings outstretched via DStretch using CB Colourspace for Colour Decorrelation Stretching

Macquarie University

Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Photo of wall decoration depicting a bat, in the tomb of Khety at Beni Hassan. "Elsewhere in the tomb of Khety, an indistinct, tapering block of yellow-brown pigment was noticed on a badly damaged section of the northern wall, while a hook-shaped sliver of paint in the same colour was observed nearby. Subsequent processing of photographs by DStretch® revealed further details associated with each motif in the surrounding areas, confirming our suspicion that each represents a bat (Order Chiroptera), one with its wings outstretched and another with its wings folded , very similar to known images of bats on the north wall of the tomb of Baqet III. The traced images of both bats can now be added to the very meagre records for these creatures in pharaonic art." (Linda Evans, 2018)

After CB Colour Decorrelation Stretching using DStretch

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  • Title: Wall decoration of a bat, wings outstretched via DStretch using CB Colourspace for Colour Decorrelation Stretching
  • Creator: Anna-Latifa Mourad
  • Date Created: Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, Reign of Amenemhat II (c. 1918-1884 BCE)
  • Location: 27.929801,30.874512
  • Location Created: Macqaurie University
  • Type: Photograph
  • Original Source: DStretch® and Egyptian tomb paintings: A case study from Beni Hassan
  • Rights: Images are courtesy of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, Macquarie University
  • External Link: DStretch
Macquarie University

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