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HERODIAN INNOVATION: The Glass Industry.
- Source :
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Near Eastern Archaeology . Jun2014, Vol. 77 Issue 2, p129-139. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The article discusses glass industry history in the eastern empire of Herodian Israel and its impact on the west Roman world. Topics include glass blowing technology influenced by tastes and preferences reducing the prices of glassware and making it available to the common man, production sites and shipping interconnection of raw materials leading to sophisticated system of marketing and manufacturing, and shift from Hellenistic glass casting techniques to kiln sagging methods.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10942076
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Near Eastern Archaeology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102003398
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5615/neareastarch.77.2.0129