An Archaeometallurgical Explanation for the Disappearance of Egyptian and Near Eastern Cobalt-Blue Glass at the end of the Late Bronze Age
A recent compositional study of Egyptian cobalt-blue glass from museum collections in Japan (18th Dynasty) and from the site of Dahshur (18th and 19th-20th Dynasties) concluded that a new source of cobalt was exploited for the later Dahshur glass, thereby suggesting that glass production continued i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of York
2019-01-01
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Series: | Internet Archaeology |
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Online Access: | http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue52/3/ |