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.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Painted

Medium

Egyptian blue pigment applied to mud plaster

Culture

Assyrian

Period

Neo-Assyrian period

Century

8th-7th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

From the Palace of Sargon at Khorsabad. Found by the Oriental Institute Expedition, University of Chicago.

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