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Wall Painting Fragment

Wall Painting Fragment

Syrian

Pale green, yellow-brown, and red-brown pigment on white plaster. Bands of pale green, yellow-brown, and pale green, with stripes of fugative red-brown and matte yellow on top of the yellow-brown band. Samples of the pigments and plaster were taken and analyzed in the Straus Center in 2023. The results pointed to the following pigments/materials: green earth (celadonite) for green; gypsum for white; possibly charcoal for black. The plaster was identified as gypsum plaster.

Pigment on Plaster

Roman Imperial period

Fragments