SHINDO, Yoko

Annales du 16e Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre (London 2003)

AIHV, Nottingham, 2005, p. 174-177

fouilles excavations sans contexte archéologique without archaeological context

[801, 1000]

assiette plate bol bowl flacon flask gobelet beaker pot jar

incisé incised lustré stained, lustre-painted

• Port city of Rāya (fort, urban settlement):
– examples of glass objects:
- brown-staind group painted with copper and silver (165 pieces of a brownish-monochrome type, 10 pieces of two-coloured type).
- orange-staind group painted only with copper (7 pieces of a monochrome type, 24 pieces of a polychrome type).
- main motifs: arabesque, plant, geometric figures, script. Rare designs of animals (gazelle) and fish.
- fragment of inscription (ʿamal - “manufactured by”).

• Monastery of Wādī al-Ṭūr:
– The artefacts are similar, showing their close relationship to Rāya glass material (especially lustre-stained glass).

inscription inscription

habitat
settlement  contexte urbain
urban context structures militaires
military structure  fort
fort lieux de pratiques religieuses
places of religious practices   monastère
monastery production et commerce
production and commerce  port
harbour

Egypte Egypt	Sinaï Sinai	Al-Ṭūr	consommation
	Sinaï Sinai	Rāya	consommation