Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA-MC-ICP-MS

Spedding, Juliet V ORCID: 0000-0003-4433-6182 (2022) Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA-MC-ICP-MS. ARCHAEOMETRY, 64 (5). pp. 1148-1167.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12780

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Analytical studies of glass found at sites in Nubia (ancient Sudan) have shown the variety of glass present during ancient times. This study examines Meroitic period (<jats:italic>c</jats:italic>.350 <jats:sc>bce</jats:sc>–350 <jats:sc>ce</jats:sc>) glass from Nubia: here categorized as low‐lead and high‐lead. The lead (Pb) isotopes of 13 of the high‐lead sealing‐wax red and low‐lead translucent blue, translucent blue/green, colourless and red samples from the sites of Faras, Gabati and Meroe are examined by laser ablation multi‐collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS) analysis to suggest an Eastern Mediterranean source for the lead due to their overlap with Egyptian and Levantine vitreous and non‐vitreous objects and five Turkish and Greek ore sources.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Egypt, glass, Greece, high-lead glass, LA-MC-ICP-MS, Pb isotopes, Levant, low-lead glass, Meroitic period, Nubia, Turkey
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	19 May 2022 13:54
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 03:00
DOI:	10.1111/arcm.12780
Open Access URL:	http://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12780
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155149