The first thousand years of glass-making in the ancient Near East: compositional analyses of Late Bronze and Iron Age glasses.

1. Verfasser: Reade, Wendy , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2021.
Umfang/Format: xviii, 249 pages: illustrations (part coloured), plans, tables, 29 cm
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: The first thousand years of glass-making in the ancient Near East (Online version)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Chapter 1
  • Figure 1-1 Map of the eastern Mediterranean region. Adapted from Tatton-Brown and Andrews 1991: 2
  • Chapter 2
  • Figure 2-1 Scanning electron micrograph of Pella sample 188, a turquoise opaque bead. Dark grey areas are weathered glass which form along microscopic cracks in the glass. White grains are the opacifying compound calcium antimonate. The scale bar represe
  • Figure 2-4 Scanning electron micrograph of Pella sample 55, a dark green glass, showing streams of small bubbles, several larger individual bubbles along the lower region, and four large dark grey silica grains which are incompletely melted and exhibit d
  • Figure 2-5 Light micrograph of Pella sample 199 from a turquoise bead opacified with calcium antimonate. Streaks of less well opacified glass due to incomplete mixing or formation of the opacifier can be seen. Sample size is ~ 2.5 mm across.
  • Figure 2-6 Light micrograph Pella 189 from a blue translucent bead. Bubbles are dispersed throughout the glass. Sample size is ~ 3mm across.
  • Figure 2-7 Light micrograph of Nimrud glass samples, cobalt wire (centre top) with a standard reference glass on either side, set in an epoxy resin stub, 25mm in diameter, and polished for SEM-EDS analysis.
  • Figure 2-8 Photograph of Nuzi glass samples with standard reference glass (centre) set in a pre-prepared epoxy resin stub, 20mm in diameter, and polished for EPMA analysis.
  • Chapter 3
  • Figure 3-1 Satellite map showing location of Nuzi between the Tigris River and the River Zab, in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), adapted from Google Earth.
  • Figure 3-2 Plan of city of Nuzi, adapted from Starr (1939), Plan 2, highlighting the size and position of the Temple and Palace, where most of the glass was found.
  • Figure 3-3 Plan of Temple A and immediate environs. Most of the glass was found in G29 and G50. Adapted from Starr (1939), Plan 13.
  • Figure 3-5 Nuzi 1930.82.10 blue translucent vessel fragment (thickness 3 mm)