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"Some Chemical Observations on the Cuneiform Glassmaking Texts."

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Brill, R. H. "<str<strong>on</strong>g>Some</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Chemical</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Observati<strong>on</strong>s</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cuneiform</strong> <strong>Glassmaking</strong> <strong>Texts</strong>." Annales du 5e C<strong>on</strong>grès de<br />

l’Associati<strong>on</strong> Internati<strong>on</strong>ale pour l’Histoire du Verre. Liège: Editi<strong>on</strong> du Secrétariat Général, 1972, pp. 329-351.<br />

Having gained some c<strong>on</strong>fidence from <strong>the</strong> results of <strong>the</strong>se calculati<strong>on</strong>s we<br />

<strong>the</strong>n proceeded to test <strong>the</strong> instructi<strong>on</strong>s more directly. By using quartzite pebbles<br />

from Iran for <strong>the</strong> immanakku and a sample of plant ash purchased in a soap shop<br />

in Afghanistan for <strong>the</strong> ahussu, we followed out <strong>the</strong> directi<strong>on</strong>s given by <strong>the</strong> texts.<br />

After <strong>the</strong> first heating (ten hours at 920

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