Abstract
As defined by Lucas, “Egyptian Faience” is meant glazed quartz frit (powdered quartz) ware. The body material consists of sharp angular grains, prepared from quartz rock, rock crystal, quartz pebble, sand or sandstone, by fine grinding. It was held together with some binding medium, almost certainly an alkali (probably natron) or salt, while being shaped and glazed. The glaze is essentially a sodium (or potassium) calcium silicate without any lead compound except the variant F. The glaze mixture was first fused in some manner and then powdered very finely.
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Notes
- 1.
This paragraph is based on Lucas’ Glazed Ware in Egypt, in J.E.A. XXII (1936), pp. 141–160.
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Reisner, Kerma IV, p. 90.
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Beck’s report in Brunton, Qau and Badari, II, pp. 23–24.
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Petrie, Arts and Crafts, p. 116.
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Reisner, op. cit. pp. 141–142.
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Petrie, Arts and Crafts, p. 119.
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Reisner, Kerma IV, pp. 91-92.
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M. Hamza, Excavation at Qantir, in A.S., XXX (1930), p. 52.
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Beck and Stone, Faience Beads, p. 211.
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Eisen, Lotus-and Melon-beads, p. 26.
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Beck and Stone, Faience Beads, p. 210.
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Reisner, Kerma IV. p. 91.
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Brunton, Qau and Badari II, p. 19.
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Reisner, Kerma IV, p. 91.
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Petrie, Tell el Amarna, pp. 25, 28, 29.
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Hamza, Excavation at Qantir, in A.S. XXX, (1930), p. 52.
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Petrie, Tell el Amarna, p. 29, sec. 67.
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Hamza, op. cit. p. 52.
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Beck, Classification, p. 71.
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Reisner, Kerma IV, pp. 90, 138.
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Ibid, pp. 138, 139.
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Beck’s report in Brunton, Qau and Badari II, pp. 24–25.
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Cf. Brunton, Qau and Badari II, p. 20; and also p. 24. Beck’s Report.
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For the manufacture of the glaze mixture and the blue paint, see Petrie, Arts and Crafts, p. 117.
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Xia, N. (2014). Beads of Pasty Materials. In: Ancient Egyptian Beads. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54868-0_8
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