Because one can never get enough of ancient #RomanGlass, Here's two 1st c. BCE ribbed glass 'rippenschale' bowls with white trails, one cobalt blue, the other burgundy.
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: unique #Roman flasks in the shape of sandals. They were used to hold oil or perfume.
Found in a woman's burial in Cologne, dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD.
Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman#fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a major trading city at the silk road, the flask was found in one of two storerooms of a merchant, filled with luxury good.
National Museum of Afghanistan
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: an amazing #Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside – a so-called joke-jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker.
Probably made in workshop in Cologne, found in burial in Stein am Rhein, #Switzerland, 4th c. AD.
For #WorldOceanDay a stunning #Roman glass flask in the shape of a #fish.
We don't know what flasks in the shape fishes were used for. Maybe the shape relates to the content (garum/fish sauce), maybe they were used to hold oil.
Adorable #Roman bronze #mouse statuettes nibbling bread have been commonly associated with the cult of Apollo Smintheus. Yet, recent research has plausibly argued that most of them were attached to lamps and candelabra. #Mice were known to drink lamp oil and gnaw at wicks.
This was a common problem to which the statuettes refer.
On display at Museo Archeologico
al Teatro Romano, Verona
A #Roman clasp-knife with an animal bone handle, showing two gladiators. The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armour and weapons. In this case, the heavily armed fighter can be recognized as a secutor because of the characteristic helmet with the small eye holes. His opponent can be recognized as retiarius, a lightly armoured gladiator wearing a shoulder and arm guard. He fought with a net and a trident. Found in Avenches.
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a #Roman mosaic glass dish, dating 1st century AD. The dish was made of canes with stripe design, slices of the canes were fused to a disk, which was then slumped over a convex mould. The pattern looks like flags.
From Nijmegen. On display at Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen.
Many #Roman tiles with #children's footprints are known from all parts of the empire. But this is a special one, as it can be dated precisely due to the stamp: in 123 AD a #toddler stepped on the tile that laid out to dry before firing.
For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to a huge pile of #trash - Monte Testaccio in #Rome. A huge artificial hill located next to the Tiber River. It was made up of millions of broken amphorae (mostly oil amphorae from southern Spain) during the first three centuries AD.
#RomanSiteSaturday: The #Italian town of #Lucca with its Piazza dell' Anfiteatro. It's elliptical because it was built on the remains of a #Roman amphitheatre.
For #FindsFriday a #Roman terracotta tintinnabulum (wind chime) found in Merida, Spain: A bell-shaped humanoid figure with legs providing the clapper and the hooded cloak providing the bell. The words TYDIDES are inscribed (the owner’s name?).
Dating 2nd century AD.