Cobalt blue painted pottery from 18th Dynasty Egypt

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 257, Issue , 2006, Pages 91-99

  Shortland, A J ^a   Hope, C A ^b   Tite, Michael S ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; GLASS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WESTERN DESERT;

NESOVITREA BINNEYANA;

EID: 33646561237     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.257.01.07     Document Type: Article

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