Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy

The Silk Road connected the east of Iran to the western world. Roue city is close to the Road. Six glass samples from Roue were classified on the basis of morphology, archaeological context and compositions. The samples were analysed by means of XRF and Raman spectroscopy and two specific groups, na...

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Main Authors: Farahnaz Koleini, Philippe Colomban, Narges Doosti Sani, Lily Niakan
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description The Silk Road connected the east of Iran to the western world. Roue city is close to the Road. Six glass samples from Roue were classified on the basis of morphology, archaeological context and compositions. The samples were analysed by means of XRF and Raman spectroscopy and two specific groups, namely Roue type 1 and Roue type 2, with close composition to high alumina plant-ash glass in circulation from the 6th to 10th centuries CE in Mesopotamia, Iran and Syria, were identified. The simultaneous occurrence of two types of glass in the excavated layers shows that the house was inhabited in the early Islamic period. Colours (black, amber-green, light and aqua blue) were produced mainly by the amount of iron and sulphur ions required for the amber chromophore and copper ions for the blue colour and the controlling of reducing conditions in the furnace.
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spelling doaj-art-20f7d0ff036d4da5b943d316096e103e2025-08-20T02:05:02ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082024-10-017116137615010.3390/heritage7110288Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman SpectroscopyFarahnaz Koleini0Philippe Colomban1Narges Doosti Sani2Lily Niakan3Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South AfricaMONARIS UMR8233, Faculté des Sciences et Ingénierie, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Campus P. et M. Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, FranceResearch Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran 1136913431, IranResearch Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran 1136913431, IranThe Silk Road connected the east of Iran to the western world. Roue city is close to the Road. Six glass samples from Roue were classified on the basis of morphology, archaeological context and compositions. The samples were analysed by means of XRF and Raman spectroscopy and two specific groups, namely Roue type 1 and Roue type 2, with close composition to high alumina plant-ash glass in circulation from the 6th to 10th centuries CE in Mesopotamia, Iran and Syria, were identified. The simultaneous occurrence of two types of glass in the excavated layers shows that the house was inhabited in the early Islamic period. Colours (black, amber-green, light and aqua blue) were produced mainly by the amount of iron and sulphur ions required for the amber chromophore and copper ions for the blue colour and the controlling of reducing conditions in the furnace.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/7/11/288Iranthe early Islamic periodXRFRaman spectroscopyglasscomposition
spellingShingle Farahnaz Koleini
Philippe Colomban
Narges Doosti Sani
Lily Niakan
Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy
Heritage
Iran
the early Islamic period
XRF
Raman spectroscopy
glass
composition
title Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy
title_full Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy
title_fullStr Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy
title_short Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy
title_sort glass finds from the elite house of roue a sasanian city building in western iran composition and classification using xrf and raman spectroscopy
topic Iran
the early Islamic period
XRF
Raman spectroscopy
glass
composition
url https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/7/11/288
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