Byzantine opaque red glass tesserae from Beit Shean, Israel

Archaeometry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 375-384

  Shugar, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beit Shean; Byzantine; Composition; Energy dispersive scanning electron microscopy; Energy dispersive X ray fluorescence; Glass; Israel; Manufacture; Mosaics; Opaque red; Provenance; Reflective light microscopy; Tesserae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034238515     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2000.tb00888.x     Document Type: Article

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