Derivation of ancient Egyptian faience core and glaze materials

• Autores: Denys A. Stocks
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 71, Nº 271, 1997, págs. 179-182
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • An essential ingredient of the lovely blues in ancient Egyptian materials — faience, glazes, frits — 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.