MEYER, Carol

SOAC 53

The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1992

fouilles excavations

[1, 200] [1181, 1320]

assiette plate bol bowl bouteille bottle bracelet bracelet coupe cup fiole vial flacon "molaire" molar flask flacon flask flacon à kohl kohl bottle gobelet beaker lampe lamp perle bead pot jar vase vase

doré gilded décoration appliquée applied decoration facette facet-cut filets marbrés marvered trails gravé engraved incisé incised incisé à la pointe fine scratch-engraved, diamond-scratched mosaïqué mosaic moulé mould cast peint painted sculpté relief-cut soufflé dans un moule mould-blown taillé cut émaillé enamelled

• Glass trade in the Roman Period:
– written sources: “Periplus Maris Erythreai” (1st century);
– archaeological evidence.

• Glass trade in the Medieval Period:
– organisation of overseas trade - written sources: Cairo Geniza archives: accounts, legal documents, contracts, letters (10th - 14th century); commercial letters and other documents concerning Karimi merchants (late 13th - 14th century);
– production of Islamic glass in Syria and Egypt - written sources: Al-Maqdisī (10th century); Benjamin of Tudela (12th century); Ḥāfiẓ Abru of Herat (15th century); Cairo Geniza documents;
– the African trade and glass objects - archaeological evidence;
– the India trade and glass objects - written sources: Cairo Geniza archives, traveler’s accounts; archaeological evidence;
– Southeast Asia and Chinese trade and glass objects - written sources: Chinese texts (10th - 12th century), for example Chau K’u-fei and Chau Ju-kua; archaeological evidence.

sources écrites written sources

habitat
settlement  contexte urbain
urban context  port
harbour

Egypte Egypt

Mer Rouge Red Sea

Quṣayr al-Qadīm (Myos Hormos)

consommation