1935.7.1: Wall painting fragment
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.7.1
- Title
- Wall painting fragment
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- wall painting fragment(s)
- Date
- 160-250 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Dura-Europos (Syria)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Syrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291936
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Pigment on Plaster
- Technique
- Painted
- Dimensions
- Irreg.: H. 14.7 ×W. 26 × D. 0.5 cm (5 13/16 × 10 1/4 × 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Yale School of Fine Arts
- Accession Year
- 1935
- Object Number
- 1935.7.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Black, green, pink and red pigment on white-grey gypsum plaster. Green bands, outlined by straight and scalloped black lines, bordering a white band decorated with red squiggles.
1935.7.1 shares a decorative scheme with wall painting fragments 1940.97.57 and 1940.97.58.
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 red: red ochre (hematite); for pink: gypsum and organic red (likely madder lake); and for white (gypsum). The plaster was identified as gypsum plaster.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/11/2023 - 06/09/2025
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Verification Level
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu