The investigation and provenance of glass vessel fragments attributed to the tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35, Valley of the Kings

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dc.contributor.authorKemp, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorBrownscombe, W.
dc.contributor.authorShortland, Andrew J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-13T11:20:01Z
dc.date.available2021-05-13T11:20:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-06
dc.description.abstractFour polychrome glass fragments, excavated from tomb KV35 in the Valley of the Kings, attributed to Amenhotep II, were analysed to further investigate the composition and provenance of early Late Bronze Age glasses. An additional fragment, EA64163, cited by the British Museum as being stylistically analogous to the fragments from KV35, although with a findspot simply recorded as "Thebes", was also analysed. LA-ICP-MS analysis was used to analyse multiple colours on the fragments to determine the major element composition, the colouring strategies and establish provenance using trace element analysis. The resulting data obtained was compared with four polychrome fragments of standard LBA Egyptian composition, excavated from the palace of Amenhotep III at Malkata, previously analysed by SEM-WDS. Analysis showed that the glasses excavated from KV35 are standard LBA glass of Egyptian composition and were most likely produced in Egypt in the 18th Dynasty. The fragment EA64163 is a low magnesia, low potash glass, comparable with Iron Age composition, therefore should be reconsidered as a later glass. The analysis of glasses, excavated from a reliable, early Egyptian context supports the proposition that glass technology for multiple colours was established in Egypt at least as early as 1400 BCE.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationKemp V, Brownscombe W, Shortland AJ. (2022) The investigation and provenance of glass vessel fragments attributed to the tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35, Valley of the Kings. Archaeometry, Volume 64, Issue 1, February 2022, pp. 147-160en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1475-4754
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12687
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16678
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectAmenhotep IIIen_UK
dc.subjectAmenhotep IIen_UK
dc.subjectIron Ageen_UK
dc.subjectMalkataen_UK
dc.subjectLA‐ICP‐MSen_UK
dc.subjectLate Bronze Ageen_UK
dc.subjectTomben_UK
dc.subjectKV35en_UK
dc.subjectProvenanceen_UK
dc.subjectGlassen_UK
dc.titleThe investigation and provenance of glass vessel fragments attributed to the tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35, Valley of the Kingsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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