Pen mosaic

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Parts of a pen mosaic of the Eanna sanctuary in Uruk . Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin

Detailed view of another mosaic fragment

The pin mosaic was a technique used to decorate buildings in Sumer's early days . Finger-length ceramic pens were pressed into the clay plaster of walls and pillars in such a way that only their differently colored glazed heads remained visible.

literature

• Mark A. Brandes : Investigations into the composition of the pen mosaics on the pillar hall of Layer IVa in Uruk-Warka , Baghdader Mitteilungen, supplement 1, Berlin, Gebrüder Mann 1968