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Yes, I can't find the link now but it seemed there was someone in Chester who has made a replica for the museum - they have some reconstructed bits of building around the display and I think I remember it from that.
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There's this, stated to be from the Grosvenor. I used to go there a lot as a child so I'm not sure now how much is real memory or half remembered things!

chester.shoutwiki.com/wiki/File:Af...
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
And this is the picture I've got in my handout. I'm starting to wonder if I've lied to my students and this isn't the Grosvenor one... They definitely have a broken version of the tile...
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I'm desperately trying to find a reference to it and failing at the moment... This is the only picture I can find: www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-...

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Roman civilization. Triangular antefix with mark of Roman Legion XX...
Roman civilization. Triangular antefix with mark of Roman Legion XX Valeria Victrix.
www.gettyimages.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ah, I included a picture of a very similar Legion XX tile from the Grosvenor museum in Chester in a supervision last week - that one has a little wild-looking celt at the top.
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ugh 😞
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thank you! Ah that's very interesting.
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thank you so much!
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There was lots of love from the audience! And others had better questions anyway 🙂

But mine was going to be: when you are working on an artwork (I'm especially thinking of ones with distinctive letter shapes, like the circular ones), do you make up a model of the whole alphabet before starting?
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
There's someone I only know by email with the name Underhill and I'm convinced he's a hobbit.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Magdalene College gardens in the afternoon sunlight a few days ago.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Nora stele vs the Honeyman inscription!
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM