Pigment
35-1-67
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 35-1-67 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Period | Early Dynastic III (uncertain) |
| Date Made | ca. 2500 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Pigment |
| Description | Egyptian Blue (blue frit): dark blue granular lump. Contains: silica, copper, iron, aluminum (small), calcium, Magnesium (small) and possibly small amount of carbonate. Egyptian blue (blue frit) a synthetic copper silicate, containing the 8 other metals mentioned above probably as silicates, though the iron could be present as oxide and the calcium and magnesium possibly at least partly as carbonate. Analysis by Eric Parkinson, 1955. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935 |
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