Glass from Quseir al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean trade / by Carol Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Carol, 1949-

Series:

Studies in ancient oriental civilization ; no. 53.

Studies in ancient oriental civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city)--Commerce.

Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city).

Glassware--Egypt--Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city).

Glassware.

Egypt--Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city).

Glass jewelry--Egypt--Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city).

Glass jewelry.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, [1992]

Summary:

This volume is the final report on the first and second century a.d. and thirteenth and fourteenth century Islamic glass excavated at Quseir al-Qadim on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. The report not only describes the glass finds but also studies their distribution from the Red Sea to Arabia, East Africa, and India and raises some specific questions about the export of glassmaking technology and about the character of long-range trade in glass in both periods.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xv-xxvi).

Includes index.

ISBN:

0918986877

OCLC:

28176616