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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.219.1
Title
Fragment of Egyptian blue on mud from the Palace of Sargon the Great at Khorsabad, Assyria
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
fragment
Date
8th-7th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Neo-Assyrian period
Culture
Assyrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12231

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Egyptian blue pigment applied to mud plaster
Technique
Painted

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the Palace of Sargon at Khorsabad. Found by the Oriental Institute Expedition, University of Chicago.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Prentice Duell
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.219.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The pigment is Egyptian Blue. It was applied to a mud plaster which had first been given a white priming coat of impure lime whitewash, consisting of unburned lime chalk.
Commentary
The pigment was examined by R.J. Gettens and by Dr. Daniel Norman, New England Spectro-chemical Laboratories.

Verification Level

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