Derivation of ancient Egyptian faience core and glaze materials /

An essential ingredient of the lovely blues in ancient Egyptian materials Ñ faience, glazes, frits Ñ is copper. How did the knowledge of that copper use arise? There is a telling congruence with Egyptian techniques in drilling stone artefacts, and the characteristics of the powder drilled out as was...

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Autor principal: Stocks, Denys A.
Formato: Analitica de revista
Lenguaje:inglés
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Sumario:An essential ingredient of the lovely blues in ancient Egyptian materials Ñ faience, glazes, frits Ñ is copper. How did the knowledge of that copper use arise? There is a telling congruence with Egyptian techniques in drilling stone artefacts, and the characteristics of the powder drilled out as waste.
Notas:Antiquity 71 (1997): 179-182