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Document Details : Title: Blue Glass Tabloids from Nastagisi Necropolis in Eastern Georgia Author(s): GABUNIA, Ana Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 22 Date: 2023 Pages: 89-108 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.22.0.3292242 Abstract : The present study discusses 14 blue glass tabloids from Nastagisi necropolis in Eastern Georgia, as well as a few such tabloids discovered during the last few years in Georgia. Approximately 70 pieces of blue glass tabloid have been discovered in Georgia. 15 pieces come from Azerbaijan and Armenia, and one from Kerch. The blue glass tabloids kept in the museums of Adana, California and Geneva, as well as the impressions from the London art market (16 pieces), are of unidentified provenance. Glass tabloids were cast in an open mould. A stamp was used for pressing the device into the flat side. The main function of the tabloids was amulets. Burials containing them are mostly dated to the 2nd-1st centuries BC. |
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