Subject: Clay tablets
At our institution The John Rylands Library we have a number of small clay tablets stored within individual small boxes. A number of the tablets have either cracks/fissures or small items that have come adrift . We could re-attach the small pieces that have broken off quite easily as we can readily see where they are from. Can someone suggest the best fixative/adhesive for undertaking this re-attachment, and also if the same fixative could be employed to penetrate into the cracked areas to just give some tentative fixing in this at risk area. All answers and comments would be greatly appreciated. John Woodhouse Head of Preservation and Photography John Rylands University Library of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PP +44 161-275-3733 Fax: +44 161-273-7488 +44 161 275-3759 *** Conservation DistList Instance 10:42 Distributed: Monday, October 28, 1996 Message Id: cdl-10-42-010 ***Received on Thursday, 24 October, 1996