Blue Pigment
42-20-170
From: Iran | Susa (Iran)
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 42-20-170 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran | Susa (Iran) |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Pigment |
| Description | Blue pigment "Couleur bleue epoque elamite entre le 23 et le 8 S. av. J.C." Contains: silica, copper, calcium (small), traces of iron, aluminum and magnesium. Egyptian blue containing possibly excess silica, small amount of calcium silicate and traces of iron aluminum and magnesium oxides or silicates. Analysis by Eric Parkinson. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Brooklyn Museum, 1942 |
| Other Number | 10932-111 - Other Number |
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