Andrew J. Shortland

TL;DR: The history of the use of natron as a flux is traced from its beginnings in the glaze of Badarian steatite beads, through its use in glass production starting in the 1st millennium BC, until its apparent shortage during the 7th to 9th centuries AD, and its subsequent replacement by plant ash during the 9th century AD as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: This work used 211 radiocarbon measurements made on samples from short-lived plants, together with a Bayesian model incorporating historical information on reign lengths, to produce a chronology for dynastic Egypt, which indicates that the New Kingdom started between 1570 and 1544 B.C.E. and the reign of Djoser in the Old Kingdomstarted between 2691 and 2625 B.E.; both cases are earlier than some previous historical estimates.

TL;DR: Tin-based opacifiers (lead stannate yellow and tin oxide white) were first used in glass production for a short period in Europe from the second to the first centuries bc, and then again throughout the Roman and Byzantine Empires from the fourth century ad onwards as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present new laser ablation-ICPMS analyses of 32 trace elements in 54 samples of both Egyptian and Mesopotamian blue and colourless glasses and show that there are consistent differences between these two suites, which are not related to the colorant and clearly indicate the use of different raw materials and manufacturing processes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the soda to potash ratios (0.3-1.8) of the Salsola kali species were compared to those of other species of the Chenopodiaceae family.