Welcome to the Tracking Colour objects database. It contains information on ancient artworks from the collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek examined for their original polychromy.

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  • Etruscan terracotta urn

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    • HIN 65
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The urn has again the same relief motif of Eteocles and Polyneikes, cast from a very worn mould, but in the original large format. On the top right edge a circle has been engraved prior to firing; this is the letter t...

  • Palmyrene loculus relief depicting a man and a woman

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    • IN 1153
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • A man and a woman are depicted side by side on a grave relief. Small fragments are missing from the edge of the object. A falsified inscription with traces of a dark pigment is placed in between the heads of the two i...

  • Woman from a Palmyrene sarcophagus

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    • IN 1150
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The woman depicted was probably a part of a large sarcophagus, now detached by the waist. The surface of the portrait is slightly weathered and fragments are missing from her coiffure and the bracelet on her left arm....

  • Palmyrene loculus stele depicting a standing boy, Nûrbêl

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    • IN 1147
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • A boy is represented on a grave stele from Palmyra, Syria. he object is well-preserved, only with small fragments missing from the frame. A four-lined inscription, with traces of red pigment, is indicated in the upper...

  • Palmyrene loculus relief depicting a man

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    • IN 1146
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • A man, Yedîʽbêl, is depicted on a grave relief. The background is slightly weathered and a fragment of the upper right corner is missing. The portrait itself is well-preserved, only with a slightly weathered surface. ...

  • Woman from a Palmyrene sarcophagus, standing sarcophagus lid

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    • IN 1065
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The portrait of a woman derives from a sarcophagus, found in an unknorn Palmyrene tomb. The surface of the portrait is slightly weathered. Most of her nose is missing, along with the right shoulder, part of the right ...

  • Relief with portrait bust of woman/ ”The Beauty of Palmyra”

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    • IN 2795
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • On this "grave relief":/objects/36/attachments/51 of a woman from Palmyra in Central Syria well-preserved paint adds to the striking appearance and is visible to the naked eye. She goes by the name ”The Beauty of Palm...

  • Palmyrene loculus stele depicting a standing woman, Ra'ata

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    • IN 1030
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The grave stele represents a standing woman, Ra'ata. Small fragments of the frame are missing from the lower part of the object. The portrait itself is slightly weathered, especially the face, and neck. The left hand,...