Abstract
Excavations at Khirbat el-Ni‘ana uncovered large quantities of glass vessels in a fairly good state of preservation and remains of production debris. The number of vessels, the various shapes and the quality of their fabric suggest that they are the products of a local workshop. Some of the vessel types were widespread throughout the Mediterranean Basin during the fourth–fifth centuries CE and were produced in many local workshops; thus, they are considered a widespread trend. Other vessel types appear mostly in sites in Israel and are less frequent in neighboring countries. They are absent from European assemblages.
Keywords
Shephelah, glasswork, glass industry
Recommended Citation
Gorin-Rosen, Yael and Katsnelson, Natalya
(2007)
"Local Glass Production in the Late Roman–Early Byzantine Periods in Light of the Glass Finds from Khirbat el-Ni‘ana (pp. 73–154),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 57, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1387
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol57/iss1/5
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