Sasanian glass from Veh Ardašīr: new evidences by ICP-MS analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1061-1069

  Mirti, Piero ^a   Pace, Marco ^a   Malandrino, Mery ^a   Ponzi, Mariamaddalena Negro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composition; ICP MS; Iraq; Sasanian glass; Technology; Veh Arda r

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHORUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 59349111127     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Aerts A., Velde B., Janssens K., and Dijkman W. Change in silica sources in roman and post-roman glass. Spectrochimica Acta Part B 58 (2003) 659-667
2. Brill R.H. Chemical analyses of early glasses vols. I and II (1999), The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
3. Brill R.H. Chemical analyses of some Sasanian glasses from Iraq. In: Whitehouse D. (Ed). Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Appendix 2 (2005), The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York 65-88
4. Currie L.A. Nomenclature in evaluation of analytical methods including detection and quantification capabilities (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). Pure and Applied Chemistry 67 (1995) 1699-1723
5. De Raedt I., Janssens K., Veeckman J., Vincze L., Vekemans B., and Jeffries T.E. Trace analysis for distinguishing between Venetian and façon-de-Venise glass vessels of the 16th and 17th century. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 16 (2001) 1012-1017
6. Elliot S. Drift correction techniques for the analysis of geochemical samples with high dissolved solids contents by ICP-MS. ICP-MS Instruments at work. Available from: (1997). http://www.varian.com
7. Freestone I.C., Gorin-Rosen Y., and Hughes M.J. Primary glass from Israel and the production of glass in late antiquity and the early Islamic period. In: Nenna M.-D. (Ed). La route du verre: ateliers primaires et secondaires de verriers du second millénaire av. J.-C. au Moyen-Âge. Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen no. 33 (2000), Maison de l'Orient, Lyon 65-84
8. Freestone I.C., Ponting M., and Hughes M.J. The origins of Byzantine glass from Maroni Petrera, Cyprus. Archaeometry 44 (2002) 257-272
9. Freestone I.C., Wolf S., and Thirlwall M. The production of HIMT glass: elemental and isotopic evidence. In: Cool H. (Ed). Annales du 16e Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre (2005), AIHV, Nottingham 153-157
10. Freestone I.C. Glass production in late antiquity and the early Islamic period: a geochemical perspective. In: Maggetti M., and Messiga B. (Eds). Geomaterials in Cultural Heritage (2006), Geological Society, London 201-216 Special Publication 257
11. Günther D., and Hattendorf B. Solid sample analysis using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 24 (2005) 255-265
12. Henderson J. The raw materials of early glass production. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 4 (1985) 267-291
13. Henderson J. Tradition and experiment in first millennium A.D. Glass production - the emergence of early Islamic glass technology in late antiquity. Accounts of Chemical Research 35 (2002) 594-602
14. Jeffries T.E. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. In: Janssens K., and Van Grieken R. (Eds). Non-destructive Microanalysis of Cultural Heritage Materials (2004), Elsevier, Amsterdam 313-358
15. Massart D.L., Vandegiuste B.G.M., Deming S.M., Michette Y., and Kaufman L. Chemometrics: a Textbook (1988), Elsevier, Amsterdam
16. Mirti P., Pace M., Negro Ponzi M.M., and Aceto M. ICP-MS analysis of glass fragments of Parthian and Sasanian epoch from Seleucia and Veh Ardašīr (Central Iraq). Archaeometry 50 (2008) 429-450
17. Pace M., Bianco Prevot A., Mirti P., and Venco Ricciardi R. The technology of production of Sasanian glazed pottery from Veh Ardašīr (Central Iraq). Archaeometry 50 (2008) 591-605
18. Peltenburg E. Some early developments of vitreous materials. World Archaeology 3 (1971) 6-12
19. Puttrich Reignard O.H. Die Glasfunde von Ktesiphon (1934), Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwurde der Philosophischen Fakultät der Christian-Alberts-Universitäts zu Kiel
20. Reuther O. The German excavations at Ktesiphon. Archaeology III (1929) 434-452
21. Santopadre P., and Verità M. Analyses of the production technologies of Italian vitreous materials of the Bronze Age. Journal of Glass Studies 42 (2000) 25-40
22. Sayre E.V., and Smith R.W. Compositional categories of ancient glass. Science 133 (1961) 1824-1826
23. Shortland A.J., and Eremin K. The analysis of second millennium glass from Egypt and Mesopotamia, part 1: new WDS analyses. Archaeometry 48 (2006) 581-603
24. Shortland A., Schachner L., Freestone I., and Tite M. Natron as a flux in the early vitreous materials industry: sources, beginnings and reasons for decline. Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (2006) 521-530
25. Shortland A., Rogers N., and Eremin K. Trace element discriminants between Egyptian and Mesopotamian late Bronze Age glasses. Journal of Archaeological Science 34 (2007) 781-789
26. Tite M., Shortland A., and Paynter S. The beginnings of vitreous materials in the near east and Egypt. Accounts of Chemical Research 35 (2002) 585-593
27. Tite M.S., Shortland A., Maniatis Y., Kavoussanaki D., and Harris S.A. The composition of the soda-rich and mixed alkali plant ashes used in the production of glass. Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (2006) 1284-1292
28. Vandiver P. Glass technology at the mid-second-millennium BC Hurrian site of Nuzi. Journal of Glass Studies 25 (1983) 239-247
29. Venco Ricciardi R. The excavations at Choche. Mesopotamia V-VI (1970-1971) 41-48
30. Venco Ricciardi R. Trial trench at Tell Baruda (Choche). Mesopotamia VIII-IX (1973-1974) 15-20
31. Whitehouse D. The transition from natron to plant ash in the Levant. Journal of Glass Studies 44 (2002) 193-196
32. Whitehouse D. Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass (2005), The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York