Barfod, GH;
Freestone, IC;
Jackson-Tal, R;
Cruz-Uribe, AM;
Lichtenberger, A;
Tal, O;
(2025)
The Hellenistic - Roman transition in glass technology: insights from Nysa-Scythopolis.
Npj Heritage Science
, 13
, Article 599. 10.1038/s40494-025-02139-2.
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Abstract
Slumped bowls from Tell Iẓṭabba pre-date the site’s destruction in 107 BCE, allowing for investigation of Slumped bowls from Tell Iẓṭabba pre-date the site’s destruction in 107 BCE, allowing for investigation of Hellenistic translucent glass with a terminus ante quem. LA-ICP-MS of thirty shards reveal two groups. While IZT-2 glasses correspond to Levantine glass of the Roman period, IZT-1 glass has lower Al2O3, MgO, FeO, Ti and higher εHf at a given 87Sr/86Sr value. Attention is drawn to the decline in Al2O3 contents of known primary glass production from South to North on the Syro-Palestinian coast. Based on this, it is suggested that IZT-1 glass originated north of Beirut. Colourless glasses typically contain both manganese and antimony. It appears that antimony was added to glass already containing manganese to improve the colour. Hence the assemblage provides insights into two important technological changes that underpinned the early Roman expansion in glass production of the period – a shift in the location of production and the development of decolourisation.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The Hellenistic - Roman transition in glass technology: insights from Nysa-Scythopolis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s40494-025-02139-2 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-025-02139-2 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218509 |
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