Blown Glass

A revolutionary glassforming technique allowing for the rapid creation of thin-walled, uniform vessels, making glass widely available.

Core metadata

ID: blown_glass
Era: Classical
First known date: -150 (century)
Region: Eastern Mediterranean / modern-day Israel
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

Glass-Blowing Workshops (glass_blowing_workshops)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Glass of the Ancient Mediterranean (McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 2013, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: Manufacturing techniques section states that free-blown glass was invented in modern-day Israel in the second to first centuries BCE and made glass vessels inexpensive and efficient.

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 2
Average edge confidence: 68%
Prerequisite sources: 2
expert_inference: 2

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Glassmaking (glassmaking)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Glassmaking provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Glass of the Ancient Mediterranean (McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 2013, museum) • Supports: edge
Iron Working (iron_working)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Iron Working provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	5,000 years old Egyptian iron beads made from hammered meteoritic iron (Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013, primary_paper) • Supports: edge

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