Glass and Metal Objects

A few dozen glass fragments were found in the excavation. The dating of the glass ranges from the Late Byzantine and Umayyad to the Abbasid and Fatimid periods. The fragments of bottle No. 4 and the windowpane (Fig. 5.1: 3, 4) were uncovered beneath a mosaic floor, together with Umayyad coins. Fragments 1–3, from the Umayyad period, are decorated with coils and threads wound around the neck and body of the bottles, the dominant decorative technique during this period. In later periods, this style almost disappears and other techniques, such as mold from blowing and cut glass, become prevalent.