FragmentsAssyrian8th-7th century BCE
Fragment of Egyptian blue on mud from the Palace of Sargon the Great at Khorsabad, Assyria
8th-7th century BCE
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.
Provenance
From the Palace of Sargon at Khorsabad. Found by the Oriental Institute Expedition, University of Chicago.
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