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<em>Blue-Green Pigment</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_overall_PS20.jpg)
Blue-Green Pigment, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_overall_PS20.jpg)
<em>Blue-Green Pigment</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_overall_PS20.jpg)

Blue-Green Pigment, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_overall_PS20.jpg)

<em>Blue-Green Pigment</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_top_PS20.jpg)

Blue-Green Pigment, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_top_PS20.jpg)

<em>Blue-Green Pigment</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048a-d_overall02_PS20.jpg)

Blue-Green Pigment, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048a-d_overall02_PS20.jpg)

<em>Blue-Green Pigment</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048a-d_overall01_PS20.jpg)

Blue-Green Pigment, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048a-d_overall01_PS20.jpg)

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Blue-Green Pigment

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
MEDIUM Azurite pigment
DATES ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.
DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
DIMENSIONS Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 34.6048d
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society
PROVENANCE Tell el Amarna, Egypt; 1933-1934, excavated by John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury for the Egypt Exploration Society; 1934, gift of the Egypt Exploration Society to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
CAPTION Blue-Green Pigment, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_overall_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 34.6048d_overall_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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<em>Blue-Green Pigment</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Azurite pigment, Glass: 5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (14.5 × 14.5 cm); Approximately: ½ teaspoon. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6048d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6048d_overall_PS20.jpg)

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