Wall Painting Fragment
160–250
- Medium
- Painted
- Dimensions
- Irreg.: H. 9.7 × W. 4.7 × D. 1.7 cm (3 13/16 × 1 7/8 × 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- Fragment
Tags
syrian
About
Red-orange pigment on white gypsum plaster. Red-orange ground. Samples of the pigments and plaster were taken and analyzed in the Straus Center in 2023. The results pointed to the following pigments/materials: for white, gypsum; for orange, gypsum, kaolin, and red ochre (hematite/iron oxide). The plaster was identified as gypsum plaster.