H 245 x W 174 mm
202 pages
9 figures, 17 tables, 2 maps
Published May 2023
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803274492
Digital: 9781803274508
Keywords
Nubia; Glass; Vitreous; SEM-EDS; Meroitic Period; Early Nobadia; Trade; Materials Science; Exchange; Egypt; Sudan
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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.
Chemical Oxides (Symbols and Meaning) ;
Timeline of Ancient Egypt and Nubia ;
Acknowledgements ;
Chapter 1: Nubian History, Glass, and Mediterranean Trade ;
Aim and Scope ;
The Nubian Historical Context ;
Ancient Glassmaking ;
The Movement of Goods in Roman Egypt ;
Chapter 2: Chemical Analysis and Archaeological Context ;
Scientific Methodology and Practice ;
The Datasets ;
Concluding Remarks ;
Chapter 3: Results of Chemical Analyses ;
Results: Faras ;
Results: Gabati ;
Results: Meroe ;
Results: Qasr Ibrim ;
Lead Oxide (PbO) and Colourants (Iron (II) Oxide (Fe2O3), Copper Oxide (CuO)) ;
Concluding Remarks ;
Chapter 4: Nubia and the Mediterranean: International Connections through Glass ;
Chemical Components of Glass ;
Low-Lead Glasses ;
Identification of Glass Groups for Nubian Low-Lead Glass Samples 63 ;
Comparisons with Published Analyses of Glasses from the Mediterranean and Near East ;
Comparisons that Showed Strong Similarities ;
Comparison of Pergamon, Bubastis, and Butrint Glasses 69 ;
Comparisons that Showed Strong Similarity to a Single Nubian Site ;
Comparisons that Showed a Degree of Similarity ;
Comparison that Showed a Degree of Similarity to a Single Nubian Site ;
Glass Comparison Results in Context: Primary Production Centres, Material Culture, and the Movement of Goods and Ideas ;
Concluding Remarks ;
Chapter 5: High Lead Glasses and Other Vitreous Materials ;
High-Lead Glasses in Nubia ;
Comparison of Nubian High-Lead Glasses ;
High-Silica Vitreous Material ;
Gabati: Local Industry and Imitation? ;
Concluding Remarks ;
Chapter 6: Conclusions ;
Primary Production Centre(s) (PPCs) ;
Glass Trade: Nubia and the Mediterranean ;
Local Glass Production and Imitation ;
Final Remarks ;
Appendices ;
Appendix I: Egyptian Glass Results ;
Appendix II: Nubian Low-Lead Glass Comparisons to Published Material: Scatterplots ;
Appendix III: Published Material Comparison to Pergamon, Bubastis, and Butrint: Scatterplots ;
Bibliography