Chemical characterisation and manufacturing technology of late Roman to early Byzantine glass from Beit Ras/Capitolias, Northern Jordan

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1866-1874

  Abd Allah, Ramadan ^a  

^a Cairo University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Beit Ras; Chemical composition; Early Byzantine; Glass chunks; Late Roman; Mould blowing; Secondary production; Vessel fragments

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; MANUFACTURING; ROMAN ERA; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SLAG; TYPOLOGY;

JORDAN;

EID: 77953960576     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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