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‘Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age: Evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis’ examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000–539 BCE). This is the first monograph to cover this region and period comprehensively and in detail and thus fills a significant gap in glass research. It focusses on identification of the different types of glass objects and their respective manufacturing techniques from the the Iron Age period. Both glass as material and individual glass objects are investigated to answer questions such as as how raw glass (primary production) and glass objects (secondary production) were manufactured, how both these industries were organised, and how widespread glass objects were in Mesopotamian society in the Iron Age period. Such a comprehensive picture of glass and its production in the Iron Age can only be achieved by setting archaeological data in relation to cuneiform texts, archaeometric analyses and experimental-archaeological investigations. With regard to the different disciplines incorporated into this study, an attempt was made to view them together and to establish connections between these areas.Table of Contents1. Foreword and Acknowledgements2. Glass and Glassy Materials: Definitions and Material Properties3. Archaeological Contexts: Sites with Iron Age Glass Finds4. The Glass Objects: Manufacturing Techniques, Typology, and Function5. Discussion of the Archaeological Data6. The Nineveh Glass Recipes7. Archaeometrical Evidence8. ConclusionIndex of Technical TermsBibliographyCataloguePlatesAppendix 1Appendix 2: Chemical raw data of different sites discussed - from Amzon