Replica clay tablet glass recipe like lapis lazuli, 668-627 BC, Iraq. Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA.

Replica of inscribed clay tablet instructions for making glass that resembles lapis lazuli, found in library of King Assurbanipal (668-627 BC) at Nineveh, Iraq. The fascinating Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG.org) covers the art, history and science of glass, brought to life through live glassmaking demonstrations, offered all day, every day, in Corning, New York, USA. The not-for-profit museum was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works (now Corning Incorporated) and has a collection of more than 45,000 glass objects, some over 3500 years old, the "world's best collection of art and historical glass."

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Replica of inscribed clay tablet instructions for making glass that resembles lapis lazuli, found in library of King Assurbanipal (668-627 BC) at Nineveh, Iraq. The fascinating Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG.org) covers the art, history and science of glass, brought to life through live glassmaking demonstrations, offered all day, every day, in Corning, New York, USA. The not-for-profit museum was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works (now Corning Incorporated) and has a collection of more than 45,000 glass objects, some over 3500 years old, the "world's best collection of art and historical glass."