To see a world in a grain of sand : glass from Nubia and the ancient Mediterranean / Juliet V. Spedding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spedding, Juliet V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glassware, Ancient--Nubia.

Glassware, Ancient.

Glassware, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.

Glass beads--Nubia--History.

Glass beads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Using modern scientific methods, this book examines glass beads and vessel fragments dating from the Meroitic and Early Nobadia periods, providing a new assessment of glass from Nubia. Results reveal interrelationships between trade, technological understanding, and manufacturing choices across the cultures of Sudan, Egypt and the Mediterranean.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents Page

List of Figures and Tables

Table 2.1. Mean values, standard deviation, error, and precision for the SEM as compiled from Corning Standards A, B, and C from Adlington

Table 2.2. Faras bead samples

Table 2.3. Gabati bead samples

Table 2.4. Meroe vessel fragment samples

Table 2.5. Details of glass finds on Garstang’s Site Cards for seasons 1911-1912, 1913, and 1914.

Table 2.6. Qasr Ibrim bead samples

Table 3.1. Normalised values for Faras bead samples in wt%. (n.d. – not detected was used when values of 0.0wt% were recorded.)

Table 3.2. Normalised values for Gabati bead samples in wt%. (n.d. – not detected was used when values of 0.0wt% were recorded.)

Table 3.3. Normalised values for Meroe vessel fragment samples in wt%. (n.d. – not detected was used when values of 0.0wt% were recorded.)

Table 3.4. Normalised values for Qasr Ibrim bead samples in wt%. (n.d. – not detected was used when values of 0.0wt% were recorded).

Figure 4.1. a-l Scatterplots of Faras, Gabati, and Meroe low-lead material: a) SiO2 against Na2O, b) SiO2 against CaO, c) Na2O against CaO, d) Fe2O3 against Al2O3, e) Fe2O3 against TiO2, f) Al2O3 against TiO2,

Table 4.1. Glass groups identified for the low-lead samples from Faras, Gabati, and Meroe

Table 4.2. Comparison and total similarities between the glass components of Faras, Gabati, Meroe low-lead glasses and the Pergamon, Bubastis, and Butrint data

Figure 4.2. a-l Scatterplots of Pergamon, Bubastis, and Butrint data: a) SiO2 against Na2O, b) SiO2 against CaO, c) Na2O against CaO, d) Fe2O3 against Al2O3, e) Fe2O3 against TiO2, f) Al2O3 against TiO2,

Table 4.3. Comparison and total similarities between the glass components of Faras, Gabati, Meroe low-lead glasses and the Adria, Carthage, and Armant data

Table 4.4. Comparison and total similarities between the Pergamon, Bubastis, Butrint, Adria, Carthage, and Armant data

Table 4.5. Comparison and total similarities between the glass components of Faras, Gabati, Meroe low-lead glasses and the Spina, Bologna, and Embiez data

Table 4.6. Comparison and total similarities between the Pergamon, Bubastis, Butrint, Spina, Bologna, and Embiez data

Table 4.7. Comparison and total similarities between the glass components of Faras, Gabati, Meroe low-lead glasses and the Pergamon, Bubastis, Butrint, and Seleucia data

Figure 5.1. SEM BEI showing dendritic structures in sample MAN 5611.3

Figure 5.2. a-l Scatterplots of Faras, Gabati, and Meroe high-lead material: a) SiO2 against Na2O, b) SiO2 against CaO, c) Na2O against CaO, d) Fe2O3 against Al2O3, e) Fe2O3 against TiO2, f) Al2O3 against TiO2,

Figure 5.3. a-l Scatterplots of Faras, Gabati, Meroe, Nimrud, and Persepolis high-lead material: a) SiO2 against Na2O, b) SiO2 against CaO, c) Na2O against CaO, d) Fe2O3 against Al2O3, e) Fe2O3 against TiO2, f) Al2O3 against TiO2.

Figure 5.4. a-b Boxplots of Faras, Gabati, Meroe, Nimrud, and Persepolis high-lead material: a) Sb2O5 levels, b) PbO levels

Figure 5.7. a-d SEM BEI of Qasr Ibrim samples and Nubian faience samples a-b) Qasr Ibrim sample, c-d) Internal structure of Nubian faience samples

Figure 5.5. a-l Scatterplots of Qasr Ibrim, Faras, Gabati, and Meroe low-lead material: a) SiO2 against Na2O, b) SiO2 against CaO, c) Na2O against CaO, d) Fe2O3 against Al2O3, e) Fe2O3 against TiO2, f) Al2O3 against TiO2, Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781803274508

1803274506

OCLC:

1380463019