Late Bronze Age Glass Production at Qantir-Piramesses, Egypt

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Late Bronze Age Glass Production at Qantir-Piramesses, Egypt

Thilo Rehren¹^* and Edgar B. Pusch²

It has been uncertain whether the glass produced during theLate Bronze Age (LBA) originated in Egypt or Mesopotamia. Herewe present evidence for the production of glass from its rawmaterials in the eastern Nile Delta during the LBA. Glass wasmade in workshops that were separate from where the productionof objects took place. The initial melting of the raw materialsto semi-finished glass was done at temperatures of 900°to 950°C, followed by coloration and ingot production at1000° to 1100°C.

¹ Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, UK.
² Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Am Steine 1-2, D-31134, Hildesheim, Germany.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: th.rehren{at}ucl.ac.uk

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