HORTON, Mark

Shanga. The Archaeology of a Muslim Trading Community on the Coast of East Africa

Memoirs of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 14

The British Institute in Eastern Africa , London, 1996, p. 311-322

fouilles excavations

[750, 1425]

bol bowl bouteille bottle fiole vial flacon flask gobelet beaker lampe lamp

doré gilded décoration appliquée applied decoration filets marbrés marvered trails gravé engraved soufflé dans un moule mould-blown

• Glass objects from Shanga - some characteristics:
– most of the glass fragments are from contexts dated c. A.D. 1000-1120;
– prevailing shape: bowl.

• Examples of glass objects from Shanga:
– bowl-shaped lamps with handles (fig. 242);
– fragment of flask with marvered trails (fig. 241 g);
– sherd of green glass with thin marvered trail of white and red glass, probably 13th century A.D. (fig. 244 e);
– base of octagonal, mould-blown flask; black glass (fig. 243 a);
– fragments of flasks and bowls (?) with mould-blown patterns (fig. 243 b-l);
– fragments of flasks or bottles with engraved decoration (fig. 244 a-c);
– fragment of pale green glass with traces of gilded decoration (fig. 244 d);
– scraper from re-used glass: sharp edge formed by pressure flaking (fig. 244 f).

habitat
settlement  maison
house lieux de pratiques religieuses
places of religious practices   mosquée
mosque

Kenya Kenya

Ile de Paté Pate Island

Shanga

consommation