Glass from Quseir al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean trade
By: Carol Meyer.
Series: Studies in ancient oriental civilization ;; no. 53
Publisher: Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago; Exeter Press Limited, The
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Glass trade -- Indian Ocean Region -- History.; Glass -- Egypt -- Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city); Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city)
Description: "This volume is the final report on the first and second century a.d. and thirteenth and fourteenth century Islamic glass excavated at Quseir al-Qadim on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. The report not only describes the glass finds but also studies their distribution from the Red Sea to Arabia, East Africa, and India and raises some specific questions about the export of glassmaking technology and about the character of long-range trade in glass in both periods."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xxvi) and index.