Lump of Blue Paste ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom This small lump is Egyptian blue, a synthetic pigment made from sand, lime, an alkali such as potash or natron, and a copper compound. The components were mixed together and heated in a furnace, producing blue lumps like this one, which could be ground into a pigment. The lump was in a wooden box () together with a bead, a piece of rock salt, and five berries. The box belonged to the burial of an elderly woman (for her coffin, see ).. Lump of Blue Paste. ca. 1479–1458 Paste. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sh
Lump of Blue Paste ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom This small lump is Egyptian blue, a synthetic pigment made from sand, lime, an alkali such as potash or natron, and a copper compound. The components were mixed together and heated in a furnace, producing blue lumps like this one, which could be ground into a pigment. The lump was in a wooden box () together with a bead, a piece of rock salt, and five berries. The box belonged to the burial of an elderly woman (for her coffin, see ).. Lump of Blue Paste. ca. 1479–1458 Paste. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, burial 2, in box, MMA excavations, 1935–36. Dynasty 18
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