FIG. 11 in The exploitation of molluscs and other invertebrates in Alexandria (Egypt) from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity: food, usage, and trade

FIG. 11. — Gold leaf on an flat oyster (Ostrea edulis, Linnaeus, 1758) shell: A, gold leaf on a flat oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758) shell; B, photograph of the goldleaftakenwithbinocularmicroscope; C, D, photographsofthegoldleaftakenwithscanningelectronmicroscope (D: FOV, 233 µm; mode, 15kV – Point; detector, BSDfull). Scalebars: A, 10 mm; B, 5 mm; C, 3 mm; D, 50 µm.