ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF A GLASS KOHL BOTTLE EXCAVATED FROM AL-TUR, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN SOUTH SINAI, EGYPT

Authors
SATOH E YAMADA K HIRASAWA K TAKYU T AKAI Y TAKESHITA Y SHINDO Y KAWATOKO M
Citation
E. Satoh et al., ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF A GLASS KOHL BOTTLE EXCAVATED FROM AL-TUR, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN SOUTH SINAI, EGYPT, Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B Physical and biological sciences, 70(6), 1994, pp. 77-80
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences",Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B Physical and biological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
03862208
Volume
70
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
77 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0386-2208(1994)70:6<77:AOTCOA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The contents in a glass kohl bottle excavated from the stratum of the 14th-15th centuries, al-Tur in South Sinai, Egypt were analyzed to fin d their characteristics and provenances. The contents of the bottle we re found to be mainly phosgenite and laurionite by X-ray diffraction a nd X-ray fluorescence analysis. As a reference, a black pigment used f or a modern kohl in Egypt was also analyzed and the results were discu ssed.