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ISLAMIC GLASS FROM AREA U (2012–2013)
ISLAMIC GLASS FROM AREA U (2012–2013)

Author(s): Renata Kucharczyk
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Alexandria; early Islamic glass; Mamluk glass; tongued; scratched-engraved; marvered and enamelled decoration

Summary/Abstract: Excavations by a PCMA team from the University of Warsaw in area U of the Kom el-Dikka site in Alexandria in 2012–2013 yielded a fair number of glass fragments. The assemblage comprised two distinct chronological groups: early Roman to late Roman/early Byzantine and Islamic-period glass. It consisted of plain, ordinary tableware, often made of very poor quality glass, undoubtedly of local, Alexandrian production, as well as luxury vessels, decorated in various techniques, representing imports, probably from Syria.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: XXIV
  • Page Range: 73-86
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English