Studies on the use and trade of glass in the Decapolis from the Hellenistic to the Umayyad periods based on stratified finds from a rural settlement (Tell Ziraa/Northern Jordan)

拟议项目的目的是为希腊化至倭马亚时期的低加波利斯地区玻璃的使用和贸易研究奠定基础。应该强调的是，到目前为止，来自古代近东农村定居点的玻璃很少出现，事实上，Decapolis地区根本没有这样做。分析的目的是回答一些以前没有深入研究过的研究问题。为了给调查提供可靠的依据，将采用一种新的鉴定玻璃碎片的方法。因此，对Tall Ziraa玻璃发现的重点研究有可能成为进一步研究Decapolis玻璃的重要基石，同时也为近东玻璃研究引入了一种新的，更可靠的方法。

The aim of the proposed project is the establishing of a basis for the research on use and trade of glass in the Decapolis region during the Hellenistic to Umayyad periods. It should be emphasized that the glass from a rural settlement in the ancient Near East has been rarely presented so far, in fact it has not been done for the Decapolis region at all. The analysis will aim to answer a number of research questions not previously looked at in depth. In order to have a reliable basis for the investigation, a new methodology of identifying glass sherds will be used. This focused study of the glass finds from Tall Ziraa thus has the potential to become an important building block for further inquiries into the glass of the Decapolis, while also introducing a new, more reliable methodology into Near Eastern glass research.