green 'ghost of a glaze'
Mesopotamia
Source: Dittrich, C., & Götting-Martin, E. (2021). ‘Green Frog in the Water’. A Herpetological Approach to the Magico-Medical Use of Frogs and Frog-Amulets in Mesopotamia. In: Waerzeggers, C. (ed.) Digital Prosopography. pp. 97–112.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
quartz ceramics, glaze
Preparation Steps
Small frog pendant (0.9 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm, 0.2 g) made of quartz ceramics found in a vessel ca. 1.50 m under floor level in the South court (p. 101).
Original Recipe Text
Small frog pendant (0.9 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm, 0.2 g) made of quartz ceramics found in a vessel ca. 1.50 m under floor level in the South court (p. 101).
Evidence
"Frog pendant, Assur, Ass 13603a... Detail (Ass 13603a): green ‘ghost of a glaze’, formerly green or blue glaze."
Remarks
Iconographic similarities suggest these may have been manufactured in the same workshop as other aquatic pendants. This specific sample demonstrates the degradation of glazes into 'ghost' remnants over time (p. 101).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
photograph
illustration
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGreen
RegionMesopotamia
Approx. Year-1150
Source Information
AuthorDittrich, C., & Götting-Martin, E.
CollectionAssur, South court (Ass 13603a)
Language
N/A
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