Overview

Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln examines the history of the first glass, from its early sporadic occurrence, through the height of its production in the late second millennium BCE, to its disappearance at the end of that millennium. The book draws on an exceptionally wide range of sources including ancient texts detailing recipes and trade in glass, iconographic depictions in tombs and temples, archaeological excavation of the most important sites including Amarna and Qantir, and the description of the glass objects themselves.

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Author:   Andrew Shortland
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.645kg
ISBN:  

9789058676917

ISBN 10:   9058676919
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   29 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of illustrations List of color figures List of tables 1 Introduction 1.1 The structure of glass 1.2 Glassmaking and glass melting 1.3 Glasses and other vitreous materials 2 Introduction to Egypt and the Near East in the Late Bronze Age 2.1 Politics and peoples 2.2 Everyday life 2.3 Crafts and industries 3 The first glass 3.1 Glass before the sixteenth century BC 4 The first regularly produced glass 4.1 Northern Syro-Palestine and Mesopotamia 4.2 Egypt 4.3 Source of the glass 4.4 Towards model for the birth of glassmaking 4.5 After Tuthmosis III - the reign of Amenhotep II 4.6 Analysis and the glass of Tuthmosis III and Amenhotep II 4.7 The first glassmaking workshops 4.8 After Amenhotep II 4.9 Summary of the first glass vessels 5 The Golden Age of glass 5.1 Significant finds of glass 5.2 Nuzi 5.3 Amarna 5.4 Tutankhamen 5.5 Objects of glass in the Late Bronze Age 6 The glass industry and its workshops 6.1 Glassmaking sites 6.2 The organisation of glass workshops 6.3 Qantir 6.4 Other Glass Workshops 6.5 The manufacturing process 6.6 Raw materials 6.7 Technology 6.8 Analysis and the reconstruction of glassmaking 6.9 Glassworking 7 Trade and display 7.1 Value 7.2 Egyptian scenes 7.3 Glass Ingots and Ulu Burun 7.4 Amarna Letters 7.5 Glass in the Levant 7.6 Analysis and the trade in glass 7.7 Aegean and mainland Greece 7.8 Bronze Age Europe 8 The decline in glassmaking Appendix - Analytical techniques A.1 Basics A.2 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) A.3 Microprobe (SEM-WDS) A.4 Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) A.5 Lead isotope analysis (LIA) A.6 Strontium isotopic analysis A.7 Neodymium isotopic analysis Appendix - Analyses References Glossary Color figures

Reviews

The author presents an outstanding amount of detail and information about the history, the importance, chemical composition, structure and, the utility of glass and glassmaking during the Late Bronze Age in this text. I recommend this text to every archaeology student or anyone interested in glass. Reviewed by Michael B. Jacobs, Department of Chemistry, Metropolitan State University of Denver SAS Bulletin, volume 36, number 1, Spring 2013, page 25 >>> In summary, Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln is a very useful resource, particularly for the student or for those who are new to the material or to the Late Bronze Age, for whom it provides a good introduction to the huge volume of research on glass production in this period. The glossary, images, analytical data and the overview of the subject provided by the text are useful; the integration of analytical, archaeological, historical and linguistic aspects is well managed; and the book is well written and accessible. Chloë N. Duckworth, Glass News, number 34, July 2013

Author Information

Andrew J. Shortland is professor of archaeological science and director of Cranfield Forensic Institute at Cranfield University.

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