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Science 17 June 2005:
Vol. 308. no. 5729, pp. 1756 - 1758
DOI: 10.1126/science.1110466
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Research Articles

Late Bronze Age Glass Production at Qantir-Piramesses, Egypt

Thilo Rehren1* and Edgar B. Pusch2

It has been uncertain whether the glass produced during the Late Bronze Age (LBA) originated in Egypt or Mesopotamia. Here we present evidence for the production of glass from its raw materials in the eastern Nile Delta during the LBA. Glass was made in workshops that were separate from where the production of objects took place. The initial melting of the raw materials to semi-finished glass was done at temperatures of 900° to 950°C, followed by coloration and ingot production at 1000° 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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