 IAA Number: 2014-1025
 | Object's Name: Fragment Tile Gold Glass
Period: Byzantine
Material: Glass
Site: Trig. point 819-A (west)
Description: A glass tile made of two layers of glass with a gold leaf between. It
was produced by sand casting the lower layer which is about 5-7
millimeters thick. The gold leaf was added and the thin upper layer
was free blown. These tiles are dated between the 6th and the 8th
centuries.
Bibliography: Gorin-Rosen, Y. 2006. The Glass Finds from Khirbet el-Batiya (Hebrew with summary in english). `ATIQOT 53: 29*-36*, Fig. 2:1.
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