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Former tech drone, living in L.A. I now create digital reconstructions of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. No, really. 🏳️‍🌈 Flickr account (museum photos, mainly, free to use and high res): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125386285@N02/

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · Nov 11

FYI, to anyone interested, I upload all of my high res photos to my Flickr account where they’re organized into albums and tagged with keywords, so they’re easy to search. All free to use, with credit. www.flickr.com/photos/chapp...

I’ll eventually upload my reconstructions! 🏺

Screen cap of my Flickr Photostream. Labeled ‘Stephen Chappell (aka Chapps)’, at the moment I took the pic, it included things like a terracotta figurine of two girls playing ephedrismos, a bronze Roman cavalry parade helmet, a gold Ptolemaic coin, an Egyptian faience vase, etc.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, and a high res photo of this dwarf Silenos can be viewed and downloaded on my Flickr account ... 🏺

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Bronze figurine of Silenos

Bronze figurine of Silenos, Dionysos-Bacchus’ companion, with the proportions of a dwarf. He’s bald, and bearded, with an ivy-leaf wreath around his oversized head. He gathers his cloak tightly about ...

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 3h

Perhaps it's a model that shows the actual features of a navis actuaria, a trading galley, with a mashup of the prow and stern? A good luck charm? The niello letters can be read (in reverse on this side), but the decorations below ... a palm frond, a bird, and what else? 🤷‍♂️

#BritishMuseum 📸 me

Same photo and description as the first post in this thread. Description:

Bronze prow or stern of an ancient Roman ship. The goose or swan neck and head is at the top, which would normally be on the stern of a galley - the rear. But at the bottom, projecting out from the keel, is a dog-headed ram, which should be at the prow - the front - of the galley. A mashup, perhaps, of an actual galley, perhaps one that plied the Mediterranean as a trading ship? In niello - a composite black metal - are letters at the top which read, in Latin, 'Amilla Augusta, the Fortunate'. Niello decorations are at the bottom, difficult to make out against the corroded metal, but it seems to be a victory palm, a bird, and something else ...

British Museum, no date given (1856,0701.29)

Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 3h

What an odd little bronze model. It's a Roman galley's prow *and* stern? The usual goose-swan neck from the stern is at top, while a dog-headed ram, which would be affixed to the prow, is at bottom. The inscription reads: AMMILLA AUG FELIX, 'Amilla Augusta the Fortunate'. @sdecasien.bsky.social 🏺🤔

Bronze prow or stern of an ancient Roman ship. The goose or swan neck and head is at the top, which would normally be on the stern of a galley - the rear. But at the bottom, projecting out from the keel, is a dog-headed ram, which should be at the prow - the front - of the galley. A mashup, perhaps, of an actual galley, perhaps one that plied the Mediterranean as a trading ship? In niello - a composite black metal - are letters at the top which read, in Latin, 'Amilla Augusta, the Fortunate'. Niello decorations are at the bottom, difficult to make out against the corroded metal, but it seems to be a victory palm, a bird, and something else ...

British Museum, no date given (1856,0701.29)

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 7h

The dogs stole my Uggs!

Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 19h

Just like me! Sunny warm days suddenly interrupted by wind, rain, and cold (not that I mind rainy days, but I need time to adjust).

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 21h

And here’s a closeup of the aulos player. Truly a wonderful experience seeing one of my favorite mosaics last year (among so many others!).

📸 me

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 21h

Pride of place - highly appropriate, Pat.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 22h

Oops, just saw this. Ha! Just like my Maya. But Staffie mixes always have that thin coat, and no undercoat, so … understandable. Your Lucy has a much thicker coat, but I get the So Cal vibes.

Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 22h

Not enough space to ask - and your pup? (gosh it’s been ages since I’ve seen a doggy post from you)

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 22h

My boy, Duke, has a super thick coat and could stand in a snowstorm and not notice any difference from a spring day. Waterproof. My poor girl, Maya, goes into a rain coma and I have to pry her off her couch to go outside (and then have to hold the umbrella over her). Staffie hair - almost bald.

Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 23h

Rostrum! 😁

Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 23h

As cold blustery winds herald an incoming storm to Southern California, I’m bundled up like this little bronze Silenos figurine (we share the same hairstyle, in fact). Brrr! 🥶

Bronze, 1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum #Ancientbluesky 🏺

Small bronze figurine of a somewhat dwarf-like Silenos, the bald, bearded elderly companion of the god Dionysos-Bacchus. He’s tightly wrapped up in his himation (cloak), his hands pulling the garment tight around his chest. He wears an ivy wreath around his head and is barefoot.

British Museum, London (1824,0480.4)

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 23h

Us, too! The dogs are all hunkered down and the chilly winds are blowing. Storm a-comin’!

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