THE APPLICATION OF A PORTABLE X‐RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER TO THE ON‐SITE ANALYSIS OF GLASS VESSEL FRAGMENTS FROM SOUTHERN THAILAND* |
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Authors: | K TANTRAKARN N KATO I NAKAI Y SHINDO B CHAISUWAN |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, 1‐3 Kagurasaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162‐8601, Japan;2. Research Institute of Islamic Archaeology and Culture, 5‐1‐4 Nishiogikita, Suginami, Tokyo 167‐0042, Japan;3. The 15th Regional Office of Fine Arts, Phuket, Srisoonthon, Thalang, Phuket 83110, Thailand |
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Abstract: | Ancient glass vessel fragments belonging to the seventh to ninth centuries ad , from the Ko Kho Khao, Laem Pho and Khuan Lukpad sites in southern Thailand, were studied. The glass vessel fragment samples are a collection belonging to the Department of Archaeology, the 15th Regional Office of Fine Arts of Thailand. The chemical compositions of the glasses were analysed using a modified portable energy‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence spectrometer (OURSTEX 100FA‐II) by the introduction of a MOXTEK® AP3.3 polymer window (5 mm2?) to the KETEK silicon drift detector for the measurement of light elements. The non‐destructive analysis was performed at the National Museum, Phuket, in Thailand. It is shown that the glass chemical compositions belong to mineral and plant‐ash based soda–lime–silicate glass. The origins of the glass artefacts are discussed in terms of raw materials and glass decoration, and compared with previously reported similar typological glasses from sites in the port city of Rāya and the Monastery of Wadi al‐Tur in Egypt. |
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Keywords: | ANCIENT GLASS NON‐DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS X‐RAY FLUORESCENCE THAILAND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ON‐SITE ANALYSIS |
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