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signedtofitpolycandela.Themostnume-
rouswerelampswithsolidknobbedstem
[Fig.6:5-7].Theabundanceoflampswith
bulbous-likeendingandimpressedgroov-
esordotsdoesnotseemtobeparalleled
elsewhere[Fig.6:8]Theyarecharacteristic
notonlyoftheglassfindsfromKomel-
Dikka,butalsoofnearbyMarea.38
Aconsiderableamountofwindowglass
fragmentswasobservedinthematerial
[Fig.6:9-14].Threedifferentmanufacturing
methodswereused,themostfrequentlyprac-
ticedonebeingthatofproducingaround
panewithathickcenterandfoldedor
roundededges.Manypiecesstillbearthe
distinctivepontilscar."Bull's-eye"circular
glasspaneswerefire-polishedonbothsides.
Inaddition,somemold-pressedglass
weightswererecorded.Uptotheendof
theFatimidperiod,suchobjectswereused
intheIslamicmonetarysystemtoestablish
theweightofcoins.39Later,underthe
MamluksandOttomans,theymayhave
alsofunctionedastokens.
38Cf.R.Kucharczyk,"GlassfindsfromtheBasilicainMarea,2003",PAMXV
,Reports2003(2004),63-64andFig.1;
R.Kucharczyk,"GlassfindsfromtheBasilicainMarea,2004"inthisvolume,56,Fig.1:4-7.
39K.Eldada,"Glassweightsandvesselstamps",in:JereL.Bacharach(ed.),FustatFinds.Beads,Coins,Medical
instruments,Textiles,andOtherArtifactsfromtheAwadCollection(Cairo2002),112-165.
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