2025/05/27 by Farahnaz Bayat Nejad, Mohammadamin Emami, Mohammad Eghbal Chehri +4 · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis #Building materials and conservation #Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/arcm.13104
openalex publication_date 2025/05/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Abstract Glass finds from the archaeological excavations of the city of Istakhr in the Fars province (actual Iran) have been subjected to archaeometric analysis. Based on their archaeological context, these pieces were dated to the fifth century CE. The glass fragments were analysed using environmental scanning electron microscopy combined with synchrotron‐based X‐ray fluorescence to accurately assess their chemical composition and fingerprint. Based on the results, the objects are categorised as high “sodium‐lime‐silica” with plant ash used as a flux. Based on the chemical composition, which reflects the production of glass, the objects were divided into three separate groups; however, the raw materials remained almost the same during the heyday of Istakhr.