Arabic glasses (coin weights, jets and vessel stamps) from Umayyad Syria
Despite the fact that in the 21st century at least the possibility that Egypt did not have the monopoly of glass disk production is considered, contrary to what Petrie believed in 1926, Syria itself is not even mentioned in the list of the regions in which glass jetons are found: therefore a paper entitled “Arabic glasses from Umayyad Syria” could appear provocative or ironic. However it is my aim to show evidence, both old and new, that will hopefully open a different perspective towards glass disks production in Syria during Umayyad times (40-132 AH/AD 661-750).