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More Fragments with Instructions for Glassmaking

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... In Babylonia a broken letter possibly dated to his reign (Parpola 1983, 276, n. 283) records that 'the inhabitants are glazing and gilding kiln-fired bricks' (Parpola 1993, 304, n. 368, lines r. 6'-7'). One of the subjects covered in Assurbanipal's "Library" at Nineveh was instructions in 35 tablets and fragments for the manufacture of glass (Oppenheim 1970, 23-59;1973). The texts are Assyrian and not Babylonian in origin (Oppenheim 1970, 28). ...
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