Micro-chemical and micro-structural investigation of the corrosion products on “The Dancing Satyr” (Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy)

摘要

The “Dancing Satyr”, a bronze statue measuring more than 2 metres in height and weighting 108 kg, represents one of the most important recent archaeological finds in Italy. The statue was discovered on the floor of the Sicilian channel (the portion of the Mediterranean sea between Sicily and Tunisia), not far from the south-western Sicilian coast, under 500 metres of seawater in 1998.