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Wall painting fragment

Wall painting fragment

FragmentsSyrian2nd-3rd century CE

Wall painting fragment

160-250 CE

Description

Black, green, pink and red pigment on white-grey gypsum plaster. Green bands, outlined by straight and scalloped black lines, bordering a white band decorated with red squiggles. 1935.7.1 shares a decorative scheme with wall painting fragments 1940.97.57 and 1940.97.58. 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 red: red ochre (hematite); for pink: gypsum and organic red (likely madder lake); and for white (gypsum). The plaster was identified as gypsum plaster.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Painted

Medium

Pigment on Plaster

Culture

Syrian

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

2nd-3rd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

Irreg.: H. 14.7 ×W. 26 × D. 0.5 cm (5 13/16 × 10 1/4 × 3/16 in.)

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