Freestone, IC;
Jackson-Tal, RE;
Taxel, I;
Tal, O;
(2015)
Glass production at an Early Islamic workshop in Tel Aviv.
Journal of Archaeological Science
, 62
(C)
pp. 45-54.
10.1016/j.jas.2015.07.003.
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Abstract
A refuse deposit at HaGolan Street, Khirbet al-Ḥadra, northeastern Tel Aviv, is rich in debris deriving from an Islamic period glass workshop, dating to the 7th–8th centuries. Twenty-four samples of glass vessels, chunks and moils were analysed by electron microprobe. Glass used in the workshop derives from three primary sources: Egypt II, somewhere in inland Egypt, Beth Eli'ezer, near Hadera, Israel and a third group which appears to represent a previously unknown Levantine primary production centre. Glass corresponding to at least twelve production events has been identified. While vessels made of Beth Eli'ezer and Egypt II glass have previously been reported from the same context, this is the first time that they have been related to the products of a single workshop. It appears that glass from both primary production centres was available in the later 8th century, and that the glass workers at HaGolan St were obliged to balance the high working and fuel costs of the stiff low-soda Levantine glass against the better working properties but higher raw material costs of the high-soda glass from Egypt.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Glass production at an Early Islamic workshop in Tel Aviv |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jas.2015.07.003 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.07.003 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This manuscript is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0 |
| Keywords: | Early Islamic glass; Secondary workshop; Production event; Electron microprobe analysis. |
| 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 UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470488 |
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