Exceptional potash glass artifacts excavated at Tissamaharama (Sri Lanka)

• Verfasst von: Borell, Brigitte [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dussubieux, Laure [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Exceptional potash glass artifacts excavated at Tissamaharama (Sri Lanka)
• Verf.angabe: Brigitte Borell and Laure Dussubieux
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: 26 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 17.10.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of glass studies
• Ort Quelle: Corning, NY, 1959
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 64(2022), Seite 33-58
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1865924598

Abstract

Five glass objects of the Asian family of potash glasses are presented here. They were recovered at Tissamaharama in Sri Lanka from archaeological layers dated between the second century BCE and the second century CE. Finds of potash glass are widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia. Their presence at coastal sites indicates a trade in potash glasses, probably as raw glass as well as in the form of finished objects, along maritime long-distance networks between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Bengal. The Tissamaharama finds include, besides unusual ornaments, fragments of two mold-formed glass vessels—a shallow bowl and a small cup or beaker—both made of a greenish-blue glass. They add valuable new evidence to our knowledge and understanding of the growing corpus of potash glass vessels found in Southeast and East Asia. Their discussion will form a vital part of the article.