Kemp, VictoriaMcDonald, A.Brock, FionaShortland, Andrew J.2019-11-132019-11-132019-10-25Kemp V, McDonald A, Brock F, Shortland AJ. (2020) LA-ICP-MS analysis of late bronze age blue glass beads from Gurob, Egypt. Archaeometry, Volume 62, Issue 1, February 2020, pp. 42-530003-813Xhttps://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12501http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14720LA-ICP-MS analysis was undertaken on 37 blue glass beads excavated from a tomb in Gurob, in the Southern Fayum region of Egypt. The tomb was undisturbed, contained the remains of seven females and two children, and dated between the reigns of Amenhotep I (1525-1504 BC) and Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BC). The glass beads are coloured by copper and the trace element concentrations are compositionally consistent with glasses from Mesopotamia, rather than from Egypt. Therefore, these glass beads represent a rare example of Mesopotamian glass to be discovered in Egypt, in addition to being some of the earliest glass found. Gurob is known to have been the site of a ‘harem palace’ established in the reign of Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BC), the implication being that these beads represent luxury items transported into Egypt by high-ranking foreign women, possibly in connection with the harem palace.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Article