Wall Painting Fragment

Black, yellow, and red pigment on white plaster. Black band; yellow band with lighter black strip undernearth, red stripe on top. Loss of yellow and black pigment from surface. Samples of the pigments and plaster were taken and analyzed in the Straus Center in 2023. The white was found to contain gypsum; the black was found to contain gypsum, kaolin, Egyptian blue, and likely carbon black. The plaster was identified as gypsum plaster.