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"The climate is wretched” - Tacitus ('Agricola' 12)
#RomanBritain
"The climate is wretched” - Tacitus ('Agricola' 12)
#RomanBritain
Making his final voyage…
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Making his final voyage…
I know it's a fool's errand trying to identify a corroded, damaged piece of bronze in a photo. But there's a certain resemblance, minus the pointy hat:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Bronze figure of a boy in Eastern dress - Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman - Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Said to have been found either “east of the Suez Canal” or in Alexandria in 1912 (Smith 1917, p. 135) 1912, purportedly found either east of Suez Canal or in Alexandria; [in 1920s, with the Durlacher ...
www.metmuseum.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I know it's a fool's errand trying to identify a corroded, damaged piece of bronze in a photo. But there's a certain resemblance, minus the pointy hat:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Yes, apart from Winter which is missing. It's a very fine mosaic, especially for Britain!
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yes, apart from Winter which is missing. It's a very fine mosaic, especially for Britain!
Nothing funny about that!
a man with a laurel wreath on his head is standing next to another man in a helmet
ALT: a man with a laurel wreath on his head is standing next to another man in a helmet
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December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Nothing funny about that!
Maybe also some subtle advertising for the stonemason?!
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Maybe also some subtle advertising for the stonemason?!
📸 Aphrodisias Excavations Project
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📸 Aphrodisias Excavations Project
I hope Historic Environment Scotland have well-advanced plans to dredge the river and reconstruct it.
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I hope Historic Environment Scotland have well-advanced plans to dredge the river and reconstruct it.
It's remarkable; and almost as remarkable as the Council knocking down the adjoining stretch to put a dual-carriageway through... 🙄
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's remarkable; and almost as remarkable as the Council knocking down the adjoining stretch to put a dual-carriageway through... 🙄
I love this shot from when the mosaic was first being uncovered 🤩
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I love this shot from when the mosaic was first being uncovered 🤩
Glad it's not recreating the image on other end of the slab! ⚔️😵
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Glad it's not recreating the image on other end of the slab! ⚔️😵
Super interesting, thank you. I'd not spotted that the Oceanus heads from Corinium and Dorchester shared the same iconography. The skull cap and deeley-boppers now makes more sense.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Super interesting, thank you. I'd not spotted that the Oceanus heads from Corinium and Dorchester shared the same iconography. The skull cap and deeley-boppers now makes more sense.
I've seen arms like that somewhere else, and made a mental note that they were similar to thes Hinton ones. But inevitably I can't now remember where I saw them...
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I've seen arms like that somewhere else, and made a mental note that they were similar to thes Hinton ones. But inevitably I can't now remember where I saw them...
Unlike certain British mosaicists, they *had* seen an elephant.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Unlike certain British mosaicists, they *had* seen an elephant.
With military usage continuing well into the 20th Century!
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
With military usage continuing well into the 20th Century!