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The Fragment of Enameled Glass Vessel from the Bolgar Excavation (Russia)

Khramchenkova R.Kh., Gubaydullin A.M. (Kazan, Russian Federation), Degryse P. (Leuven, Belgium), Biktagirova I.R. (Kazan, Russian Federation), Ogorodnikov A.D., Danilov P.S. (Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation).

UDC 904, 902.669

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2020.4.34.212.222

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This paper is devoted to the interdisciplinary study of an enameled glass fragment found in the excavation of the Bolgar fortified settlement (Russia). The artifact comes from excavation site CLXXII of the so-called aristocratic district of the city. A comparison to a collection of Islamic drinking glasses from the Nasser Khalili collection shows the identity of the enamel pattern decor. The artifact was investigated by a series of analytical methods: scanning optical and electron microscopy (OSEM) and optical emission spectral analysis (OES). The results of the OES studies revealed that the basis is soda-lime glass. OSEM determined that different enamel colors were obtained from lapis lazuli, nepheline, diopside, bone ash, hematite, and lead-tin additive. Comparison of element’s concentrations with data of the Brill catalog of archaeological glass made it possible to identify the Bulgarian fragment as Egyptian glass produced in the late 13^th – early 14^th centuries.

Keywords

archaeological glassenamel13–14th centuriesscanning electron microscopycolorantsEgyptian import

About the author(s)

Khramchenkova Rezida Kh. Candidate of Phisics-Mathematics Sciences. Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; RezidaHram@mail.ru

Gubaidullin Airat M. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; airg_g@mail.ru

Patrick Degryse, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, KU Leuven (Belgium), Oude Markt 13, 3000 Leuven; patrick.degryse@kuleuven.be

Biktagirova Ilvina R. Head of Laboratory, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev - KAI. K.Marx St., 10, Kazan, 420111, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; irsafina92@yandex.ru

Ogorodnikov Aleksey D. Mari State University. Lenin Square St., 1, Yoshkar-Ola 424000, the Mari El Republic, Russian Federation; skif125@mail.ru

Danilov Pavel S. Mari State University. Lenin Square St., 1, Yoshkar-Ola 424000, Mari El Republic, Russian Federation; paszulya@mail.ru