Wall Painting Fragment
Syrian
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.
Pigment on Plaster
Roman Imperial period