We had a highly contaminated fragment of a wall painting found in the Mithras shrine at the Aquincum legionary fortress in 1979 cleaned using a laser. The laser cleaning procedure was carried out by stone sculptor-conservator Dr Ivett Kisapáti (Carter & Carter Ltd., www.carterart.hu).
The wall painting fragment before the cleaning (Photograph by Ivett Kisapáti)
The laser cleaning process
(www.carterart.hu)
The wall painting fragment after the cleaning (Photograph by Ivett Kisapáti)
The reconstruction of the Mithraeum’s painted cult image,
with an arrow indicating the fragment in question
(reconstruction by O. Madarassy 1991, Source: BudRég 1991)
The fragment in question during the excavation, in its original location (in situ) on the side wall
(Source: Das römische Budapest)
