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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
Medievaltimes.17Comparativematerialis
trulyabundant.InEgypt,apartfrom
Alexandria,otherstratifiedexamplesmay
becitedfromMarea,MedinetMadiandthe
Sinai.18
SOLID-STEMMEDLAMPS
Numerousfragmentsofsolid-stemmed
lamps,oneofthemostcharacteristicitems
amongfindsfromtheKomel-Dikka
assemblage,withroundedorelongated
depressionsonthelowerpartofthestem,
havealsobeenrecovered[Fig.2:6-8].They
wereattestedalreadyintheIslamiclevelsof
theauditoria.19Moreover,lampswiththese
peculiarfeaturesareabundantlyrepresented
atthenearbyMareasite,leadingoneto
assumethattheywerealocalproduct.20
FUNNEL-NECKBOTTLES
Funnel-neckbottles,whichflourishedin
LateRomanandByzantinetimes,are
surprisinglyrepresentedbyonlyasmall
numberoffragments[Fig.3:1-5].Itisin
directcontrasttothehighproportionof
findsofthistypefromMareawherethis
shapewasamplyrepresentedandwas
indeedthemainoutputoftheas-
semblage.21Usuallysuchbottles,also
thoserecordedfromtheauditoria,were
madeofdifferentshadesofcommon
naturalbluish-greenandgreenglass.
Theywereleftundecorated.Likemostof
theByzantinebottles,alsoourfindsare
thin,insomecasesextremelythin-
walled.Theyhavefire-roundedrims,
globularbodiesandhighkickedupbases
[Fig.3:1].Thelackofpontilscarsis
characteristic.Theglassispreserved
generallyingoodcondition,although
someweathering,resultinginlight
iridescence,hasbeenobserved.Itcon-
tainsbubblesinvaryingamountsand
sizes.
Evidenceforthisverycommonand
geographicallywidespreadtypecomes
fromallovertheeasternMediterranean,
wheretheyarebroadlyattributedto
aperiodrangingfromtheearly5thtothe
early7thcenturyAD.22
17G.DavidsonWeinberg,"Amedievalmystery:Byzantineglassproduction",JGSXVII(1975),138,Fig.25.
18Marea:R.Kucharczyk,"GlassfindsfromthebathinMarea",forthcoming.MedinetMadi:F.Silvano,VetriBizantini
dall'Egitto.MedinetMadi.1998(Pisa1999),23-26,Nos.11-16.El-Tur:M.Kawatoko,APortCitySiteontheSinai
Peninsula,Al-Tur:The13thExpeditionin1996:SummaryReport(CommitteeforEgyptianIslamicArchaeology,
MiddleEasternCultureCenterinJapan1998),68,Pl.40:3.Raya:Y
.Shindo,IslamicGlassfindsfromRaya,Southern
Sinai,AnnAIHV15(2001),180-181,Fig.2:9.
19Kucharczyk,Komel-Dikka2005,op.cit.,39-41,Fig.6:8.
20Id.,"GlassfindsfromtheBasilicainMarea,2003",PAMXV
,Reports2003(2004),63-64,Fig.1,andid.,"Glassfinds
fromtheBasilicainMarea",PAMXVI,op.cit.,55-56,Fig.1:4-7.
21Id.,"Marea2001:Windowpanesandotherglassfinds",PAMXIII,Reports2001(2002),65-71,Fig.1:1-3.
Considerablequantitiesoffragmentsofbottlesofthetypehavebeenrecordedinthecurrentexcavationsatthebasilica
inMarea.
22Forparallels,cf.Sardis:A.vonSaldern,AncientandByzantineGlassfromSardis(London1980),69-71,Pl.26:478.
Khirbetal-Karak:P
.Delougaz,"TheObjects:GlassVessels",in:P
.DelougazandR.C.Haines(eds),AByzantine
ChurchatKhirbetal-Karak(Chicago1960),49,Pl.59:2-3,5-6.Samaria:G.M.Crowfoot,"Glass",in:J.W
.Crowfoot,
G.M.Crowfoot,K.M.Kenyon(eds),Samaria-Sebaste:TheObjectsfromSamaria,III(London1957),410-412,Fig.95:
4,7,9.Jerash:P
.V.C.Bauer,"Glassware",in:C.H.Kraeling(ed.),Gerasa:CityoftheDecapolis(NewHaven1938),531,
534,Fig.25:385.
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