LA-ICP-MS analysis of late bronze age blue glass beads from Gurob, Egypt

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dc.contributor.authorKemp, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, A.
dc.contributor.authorBrock, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorShortland, Andrew J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-13T11:10:37Z
dc.date.available2019-11-13T11:10:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-25
dc.description.abstractLA-ICP-MS analysis was undertaken on 37 blue glass beads excavated from a tomb in Gurob, in the Southern Fayum region of Egypt. The tomb was undisturbed, contained the remains of seven females and two children, and dated between the reigns of Amenhotep I (1525-1504 BC) and Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BC). The glass beads are coloured by copper and the trace element concentrations are compositionally consistent with glasses from Mesopotamia, rather than from Egypt. Therefore, these glass beads represent a rare example of Mesopotamian glass to be discovered in Egypt, in addition to being some of the earliest glass found. Gurob is known to have been the site of a ‘harem palace’ established in the reign of Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BC), the implication being that these beads represent luxury items transported into Egypt by high-ranking foreign women, possibly in connection with the harem palace.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationKemp V, McDonald A, Brock F, Shortland AJ. (2020) LA-ICP-MS analysis of late bronze age blue glass beads from Gurob, Egypt. Archaeometry, Volume 62, Issue 1, February 2020, pp. 42-53en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0003-813X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12501
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14720
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.titleLA-ICP-MS analysis of late bronze age blue glass beads from Gurob, Egypten_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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