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The earliest undisputed objects known to use enamel are a group of [[Mycenae]]an rings from [[Cyprus]], dated to the 13th century BC.<ref name="Osborne, 331"/> Although Egyptian pieces, including jewellery from the [[Tomb of Tutankhamun]] of c. 1325 BC, are frequently described as using "enamel", many scholars doubt the glass paste was sufficiently melted to be properly so described, and use terms such as "glass-paste". It seems possible that in Egyptian conditions the melting point of the glass and gold were too close to make enamel a viable technique. Nonetheless, there appear to be a few actual examples of enamel, perhaps from the [[Third Intermediate Period of Egypt]] (beginning 1070 BC) on.<ref>Ogden, 166</ref> But it remained rare in both Egypt and Greece.
A problem that adds to the uncertainty over early enamel is artefacts (typically excavated) that appear to have been prepared for enamel, but have now lost whatever filled the cloisons or backing to a [[champlevé]] piece.<ref name="Osborne, 331"/> This occurs in several different regions, from ancient Egypt to Anglo-Saxon England. Once enamel becomes more common, as in medieval Europe after about 1000, the assumption that enamel was originally used becomes safer.
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