Despite the key role of the Ptolemaic period in the history of glass technology, very little is known on the workshop activities and on the organization of the production. This is mainly due to the limits of the documentation currently available, consisting of very few archaeological contexts often poorly preserved. This contribution presents a first overview of the material and archival record related to the 1931 excavations in the Ptolemaic inlay workshop of Tebtynis (Fayum oasis, Egypt). Unlike other coeval sites, the data from Tebtynis revealed a complete set of evidence related to the stratigraphy and the topography of the craft area, to the shape and size of the kiln, to the furniture, the tools, the raw materials, and the finished products discovered. The interpretation of the data provides the opportunity to propose new hypotheses on the function of the spaces and the tools, but also on the chronology of the workshop, contributing to shedding light on the technological and empirical knowledge of the ancient Egyptian glassmakers in a crucial moment of glass history.

The focus of the project is to create new approaches to the study of the past through the use of innovative aero-space technologies to measure, analyse and reconstruct the ancient landscape and its remaining natural and anthropic traces. The équipe, based at the University of Padua, is constituted by archaeologists, egyptologists, mechanical and software engineers, physicists and computer scientists and is now active on the proto-historic site of Rozto in Italy. The research includes the analysis of the historical records, as old maps and aerial photographs of the past, field use of drones and the creation of a GIS platforms to collect and see the data all together.

This article presents three case studies from an ongoing research project on the statues and sculptural fragments from Tebtynis, discovered by Carlo Anti in the years 1930-1936 in the temple dedicated to the god Soknebtynis. Specifically, it examines the following three statues: Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum inv. no. 22979, Turin, Museo Egizio S. 18176, and a non-royal statue which one of the authors has recently identified as Turin, Museo Egizio S. 19400+S. 19400/1. The authors combine stylistic analysis with a study of relevant archival records currently kept in Padua and Venice, Italy, to shed light on these sculptures and retrace their post-excavation history. ملخص البحث: يقدم هذا المقال دراسات حالة على ثلاثة قطع آثرية من المشروع البحثى المستمر لتماثيل وبقايا المنحوتات من مدينة تبتونيس "أم البريجات"، التى أكتشفت بواسطة كارلو أنتى خلال أعوام 1930-1936م بالمعبد المكرس للمعبود سوبك نبتونيس. تحديداً ومن خلال فحص التماثيل الثلاث التالية: تمثال من المتحف اليونانى الرومانى بالأسكندرية ويحمل رقم 22979، وأخر من المتحف المصرى بتورينو ويحمل أرقام . S. 18176، وتمثال غير ملكى والذى تم تحديدة مؤخراً من قبل أحد المؤلفين وهو محفوظ أيضاً بالمتحف المصرى بتورينو ويحمل رقم S. 19400+S. 19400/1. تجمع دراسة المؤلفين تضامن التحليل الأسلوبي مع دراسة السجلات الأرشيفية ذات الصلة المحفوظة حاليا في بادوا، إيطاليا، لتسليط الضوء على هذه المنحوتات وتتبع تاريخ ما بعد الحفائر.

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