- The National Museum of Denmark, Ancien Cultures of Denmark and the Mediterranean, Department Memberadd
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This article presents new evidence of the wide dispersion of Mesopotamian glass, 1400e1100 BCE. The chemical analyses of glass material from Amarna, Egypt, demonstrate that glass of Mesopotamian origin reached Egypt. The recently obtained... more
This article presents new evidence of the wide dispersion of Mesopotamian glass, 1400e1100 BCE. The chemical analyses of glass material from Amarna, Egypt, demonstrate that glass of Mesopotamian origin reached Egypt. The recently obtained physical evidence substantiates the words of the Amarna letters, referring to glass trade between Syria and Egypt. Furthermore, the chemical analyses of glass beads from Romania, Northern Germany and Denmark demonstrate that they were made of Mesopotamian glass. The current results presented here contribute to our understanding of the long distance exchange networks between the Mediterranean and the Nordic Bronze Age cultures. Finally, on the background of the analysis results it is proposed that the chemical composition of some of the beads in question indicates a mixture of glass of Mesopotamian and Egyptian origin. Probably, the mixture of the glass material took place at secondary workshops in the Mycenaean world.
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This article presents new evidence of the wide dispersion of Mesopotamian glass, 1400e1100 BCE. The chemical analyses of glass material from Amarna, Egypt, demonstrate that glass of Mesopotamian origin reached Egypt. The recently obtained... more
This article presents new evidence of the wide dispersion of Mesopotamian glass, 1400e1100 BCE. The chemical analyses of glass material from Amarna, Egypt, demonstrate that glass of Mesopotamian origin reached Egypt. The recently obtained physical evidence substantiates the words of the Amarna letters, referring to glass trade between Syria and Egypt. Furthermore, the chemical analyses of glass beads from Romania, Northern Germany and Denmark demonstrate that they were made of Mesopotamian glass. The current results presented here contribute to our understanding of the long distance exchange networks between the Mediterranean and the Nordic Bronze Age cultures. Finally, on the background of the analysis results it is proposed that the chemical composition of some of the beads in question indicates a mixture of glass of Mesopotamian and Egyptian origin. Probably, the mixture of the glass material took place at secondary workshops in the Mycenaean world.
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This paper discusses the characteristics of the visual documentation produced during the Arabian Voyage, 1761-1767, and published as illustrations in Beschreibung von Arabien (1772), Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien, I-II (1774 and 1778)... more
This paper discusses the characteristics of the visual documentation produced during the Arabian Voyage, 1761-1767, and published as illustrations in Beschreibung von Arabien (1772), Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien, I-II (1774 and 1778) and Reisen durch Syrien und Paläs-tina (1837). The illustrations are examined with regard to their motifs and distribution within the published works. The present study demonstrates that the images have little direct correspondence with the formulated scientific goals of the expedition. The point of view of the illustrations indicates a visual mapping, which is continuously shifting between overview and detail and between the immediately recognizable and the exotic. This links to the presupposed perceptions of the Orient as expressed through the initial planning of the expedition. Other factors which influenced the published results, such as the artistic skills and preferences of the draftsmen involved and – in the process of publication – reader targeting, are also discussed.