7. Roman Glass
2nd century BC/
Hellenistic period:
Mosaic glass technique
1st century AD: Glass
blowing technique
8. References
The Corning Museum of Glass: http://www.cmog.org/
http://www.costatropical.net/Almunecar/Almunecar_Monuments_La
urita_Necropolis.asp
http://www.costatropical.net/Almunecar/Almunecar_Monuments_No
y_Bridge.asp
A Rossella, D Ferrari & G Vezzalini (2012) “Pre-Roman glass from Mozia
(Sicily-Italy): the first archaeometrical data”. Journal of Archaeological
Science 39: 3396-3401.
M Garcia-Heras, JMA Rincon, A Jimeno & MA Villegas (2005) “Pre-
Roman coloured glass beads from the Iberian Peninsula: a chemico-
physical characterisation study”. Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 727-
738.
MS Walton, A Shortland, S Kirk & P Degryse (2009) “Evidence for the
trade of Mesopotamian and Egyptian glass to Mycenaean Greece”.
Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 1496-1503.
Notes de l'éditeur
As early as 3,300 years ago, ritual instructions for glassmaking in Mesopotamia were written on clay tablets in a cuneiform script
Workshop creation into ingots – ingots shipped to 2nd workshop – molded into vessels & beads; Phoenicians: traded throughout Mediterranean including with Egyptians and Greeks