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Egypt
DOI Artikel:Kucharczyk, Renata: Late roman/early byzantine glass from the auditoria on Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42091#0055
ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
WINDOWPANES
Excavations in the auditoria also yielded
a certain number of windowpane frag-
ments. Two different methods of manufac-
turing based on blowing were documented.
A few pieces were large enough to be
recognized as produced with the so-called
cylinder-process. They were made of
bubbly, yellowish-greenish glass. These
flat and thin fragments most probably
came from square or rectangular panes. No
shards preserving the edges have been
found. Considerable amounts of such
glossy/matt windowglass appeared on the
floor of auditorium R There is also some
evidence for the use of the crown method.
Unfortunately, few of the characteristic,
thick, bull's eye centres and rounded edges
have been recovered.
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EGYPT
WINDOWPANES
Excavations in the auditoria also yielded
a certain number of windowpane frag-
ments. Two different methods of manufac-
turing based on blowing were documented.
A few pieces were large enough to be
recognized as produced with the so-called
cylinder-process. They were made of
bubbly, yellowish-greenish glass. These
flat and thin fragments most probably
came from square or rectangular panes. No
shards preserving the edges have been
found. Considerable amounts of such
glossy/matt windowglass appeared on the
floor of auditorium R There is also some
evidence for the use of the crown method.
Unfortunately, few of the characteristic,
thick, bull's eye centres and rounded edges
have been recovered.
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