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1 online resource. |
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Archaeopress archaeology
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Archaeopress archaeology.
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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) |
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This volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Multi-element analyses of 132 glasses from Pella in Jordan, and Nuzi and Nimrud in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) produce new and important data that provide insights into the earliest glass production. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Glass -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Glass. |
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Middle East. |
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History. |
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To 1500 |
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Glass manufacture -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East.
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Glass manufacture. |
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Middle East -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Middle & Near Eastern archaeology. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: 1789697034 9781789697032 (OCoLC)1245344410 |
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9781789697049 (electronic book) |
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1789697042 (electronic book) |
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1789697034 |
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9781789697032 |
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