Natalie Boyd
@natalieboyd.bsky.social
Archaeologist @SWARCH | PhD student @uwtsd | Near Eastern Archaeology | Materiality
#FindsFriday 🏺 #archaeology #crete #minoan Lots of incredible miniature vessels laid out in a tripod tray from Phaistos. These may have been used for cosmetics, spices, or as toys. Dating between 1800 and 1700 BC. On display in the Heraklion Museum. Photo by me.
January 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#FindsFriday 🏺 #archaeology #crete #minoan Lots of incredible miniature vessels laid out in a tripod tray from Phaistos. These may have been used for cosmetics, spices, or as toys. Dating between 1800 and 1700 BC. On display in the Heraklion Museum. Photo by me.
#thiccthursday #archaeology 🏺 #israel These lovely ladies, who look to me as though they’re sharing gossip, are from the Neolithic Sha’ar Hagolan site in Israel, dating to around 8000 years ago. Now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Photo taken by my friend, Cathy Graham.
January 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#thiccthursday #archaeology 🏺 #israel These lovely ladies, who look to me as though they’re sharing gossip, are from the Neolithic Sha’ar Hagolan site in Israel, dating to around 8000 years ago. Now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Photo taken by my friend, Cathy Graham.
#FindsFriday 🏺 #archaeology #iran this beautiful conical jasper conglomerate beaker with a bronze pin in its base was recovered as part of the excavations of Hasanlu, Iran in the 1960s. Dating to the 9th Century BC. Now at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, 65.163.51.
January 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#FindsFriday 🏺 #archaeology #iran this beautiful conical jasper conglomerate beaker with a bronze pin in its base was recovered as part of the excavations of Hasanlu, Iran in the 1960s. Dating to the 9th Century BC. Now at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, 65.163.51.
#thiccthursday #archaeology #turkiye 🏺 A number of generously proportioned female figurines with bold geometric decorations were recovered from c6thMill BC contexts at Hacilar in the south west of modern Türkiye. Examples found in museums including Neues, Berlin and National Archaeological, Florence
January 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#thiccthursday #archaeology #turkiye 🏺 A number of generously proportioned female figurines with bold geometric decorations were recovered from c6thMill BC contexts at Hacilar in the south west of modern Türkiye. Examples found in museums including Neues, Berlin and National Archaeological, Florence
#findsfriday 🏺 Not quite 5 gold rings but 4 fabulous ones from the Griffin Warrior grave at Pylos. Of Minoan style if not origin, these are part of a large assemblage of semi precious stones, precious metals and ivory found deposited with a male in his mid 30s. #archaeology #prehistory #mycenae
December 27, 2024 at 10:58 AM
#findsfriday 🏺 Not quite 5 gold rings but 4 fabulous ones from the Griffin Warrior grave at Pylos. Of Minoan style if not origin, these are part of a large assemblage of semi precious stones, precious metals and ivory found deposited with a male in his mid 30s. #archaeology #prehistory #mycenae
#thiccthursday this seated, corpulent, nude lady was found by James Mellaart in Çatalhöyük in 1961. Likely c.8000 years old. The head of the woman and the cat to the right (orange) are modern reconstruction. Use and meaning up for debate. Museum of Anatolian Studies, Ankara.
December 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM
#thiccthursday this seated, corpulent, nude lady was found by James Mellaart in Çatalhöyük in 1961. Likely c.8000 years old. The head of the woman and the cat to the right (orange) are modern reconstruction. Use and meaning up for debate. Museum of Anatolian Studies, Ankara.
Seems to be working ok on my mobile. I haven’t tried on my desktop. Hopefully, it was a temporary glitch!
December 21, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Seems to be working ok on my mobile. I haven’t tried on my desktop. Hopefully, it was a temporary glitch!
As it’s Factory Friday…. This is a Hittite drinking vessel dating to c.1450-1300BC. The cuff scene shows the “Great King Tudhaliya” with musicians at the altar of the storm god. MFA Boston accession no. 2004.2230 #findsfriday 🏺 #archaeology
December 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM
As it’s Factory Friday…. This is a Hittite drinking vessel dating to c.1450-1300BC. The cuff scene shows the “Great King Tudhaliya” with musicians at the altar of the storm god. MFA Boston accession no. 2004.2230 #findsfriday 🏺 #archaeology
I’ve seen a few shares of the gorgeous Guennol lioness but don’t often see this similar lovely piece. A composite of chlorite and magnesite. Mid 3rd Millennium BCE. Possibly from south east Iran. In the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait; accession no. LNS 339 S.
November 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
I’ve seen a few shares of the gorgeous Guennol lioness but don’t often see this similar lovely piece. A composite of chlorite and magnesite. Mid 3rd Millennium BCE. Possibly from south east Iran. In the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait; accession no. LNS 339 S.