‏303.00 ₪

Glass and Glass Production in the Near East

‏303.00 ₪
ISBN13
9781789691542
יצא לאור ב
Oxford
עמודים
332
פורמט
Paperback / softback
תאריך יציאה לאור
12 במרץ 2019
This book examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This is the first monograph to cover this region and period comprehensively and in detail and thus fills a significant gap in glass research.
`Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age: Evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis' examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This is the first monograph to cover this region and period comprehensively and in detail and thus fills a significant gap in glass research. It focusses on identification of the different types of glass objects and their respective manufacturing techniques from the the Iron Age period. Both glass as material and individual glass objects are investigated to answer questions such as as how raw glass (primary production) and glass objects (secondary production) were manufactured, how both these industries were organised, and how widespread glass objects were in Mesopotamian society in the Iron Age period. Such a comprehensive picture of glass and its production in the Iron Age can only be achieved by setting archaeological data in relation to cuneiform texts, archaeometric analyses and experimental-archaeological investigations. With regard to the different disciplines incorporated into this study, an attempt was made to view them together and to establish connections between these areas.
מידע נוסף
עמודים 332
פורמט Paperback / softback
ISBN10 1789691540
יצא לאור ב Oxford
תאריך יציאה לאור 12 במרץ 2019
תוכן עניינים 1. Foreword and Acknowledgements; 2. Glass and Glassy Materials: Definitions and Material Properties; 3. Archaeological Contexts: Sites with Iron Age Glass Finds; 4. The Glass Objects: Manufacturing Techniques, Typology, and Function; 5. Discussion of the Archaeological Data; 6. The Nineveh Glass Recipes; 7. Archaeometrical Evidence; 8. Conclusion; Index of Technical Terms; Bibliography; Catalogue; Plates; Appendix 1; Appendix 2: Chemical raw data of different sites discussed