Scientific analysis of seventh-century glass fragments from the Crypta Balbi in Rome

Archaeometry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 359-374

  Mirti, P ^a   Lepora, A ^a,c   Sagui L ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Chimica IFM   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crypta Balbi; Glass; Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy; Italy; Late antiquity; Reflectance spectroscopy; Rome; Technology; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034237992     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2000.tb00887.x     Document Type: Article

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