Bust of a woman, possibly the younger Antonia. Long identified as the nymph Clytie. Date: c.40-50 AD. Findspot: Naples. Medium: marble. Collection: The British Museum.

Irregular rectangular-sided monument recording Esarhaddon's restoration of Babylon; possibly black basalt; carved symbols on the upper surface. Cultures/periods: Neo-Assyrian, c. 670 BC. Excavated/Findspot: Babylon. Collection: British Museum.

Snake head made of serpentine. Period / Findspot: Postclassic, central Mexico. Date: c. 1200-1520 AD. Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Museum.

Gold Roman snake bracelet with incredible detailing. Findspot: Pompeii. ca. 1st century CE. British Museum (1946,0702.20).

Compiled my own Yaudheya coin findspot quantative data. Map 1 highlights coins predating the Kushana, while Map 2 those from the post-Kushana period.

Notably, Mehlana in Sonipat and Jaijaivan on the Rohtak-Jind road yielded coins measured in quintals.

Dancing maenads (detail)

findspot: Pompeii

Villa of Cicero

Museo Archeologico di Napoli

wall painting (fresco)

circa 20 BC - 45 AD

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#MosaicMonday

This beauty is one of the absolute gems at Herculaneum! So much so that the findspot is named after the two figures: the House of Neptune & Amphitrite.

The gorgeous gradations of blues sets this piece apart 💙

This week's #FindsFriday demonstrates that even if an object ceased to exist over 20 years ago, a valuable record can still be produced. The finder kept images of this early medieval seax with a scale and could tell me the exact findspot in their garden in Colchester.

vase

Cultures/periods: #Moche

Production date: 550-800 (Phase V)

Findspot:  #Trujillo ( #Peru )

Provenience unknown, possibly looted

Vase (stirrup spout; with painted scene) made of pottery. Orangeware with a pale slip, and four dark orange/brown painted snails.

An extremely rare but damaged bronze of Vishnu flanked by Sri and Sarasvati . It's very important to us since it also has an inscription of Pratihara king Mahipala deva.
The exact findspot is not clear , it was either from Agroha, haryana or kangra , Himachal

#MosaicMonday
Central roundel from mosaic pavement; depicts Bacchus, riding on a tiger, referring to the myth that the god visited India; 1stC-2ndC. Romano-British. Excavated/Findspot: Leadenhall Street, London

© The Trustees of the British Museum

A very special replica made for us by the fantastic John Martin (People, Pots and Places). Hopefully we can take it to visit its findspot this summer DigVentures Archaeology

Archaeo - Histories Part of the first frieze, which is the lower, larger frieze at top of the podium of the Nereid monument. It represents a series of heroic combats.
periods; Classical Greek 390BC-380BC
Findspot; Türkiye- Antalya
On display in the British museum

#FrescoFriday - A gorgeous roundel from Herculaneum (although findspot unclear). That the woman sports a lionskin and club identifies the pair as Hercules and Ompale, the Lydian Queen, whom he served for a year. #Roman #Art

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9004)

The British Museum.
Object Type
necklace
Description
Man's necklace (pair) made of beads (wood), thread (cotton).
Production ethnic group
Made by: Somali
Made by: Habr Awal
Made by: Ishaak
Findspot
Found/Acquired: Sheikh Somaliland.
Acquisition date
1928

#TwoForTuesday + #TilesOnTuesday :
2 of 120 lifesize #lions that lined the Processional Way from the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk at Babylon.

Striding Lion Panels
Mesopotamian, Babylonian Neo-Babylonian Period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II 604–561 BCE
Findspot: Iraq,…

#findsfriday
#medievaltwitter lead ampulla - often used as pilgrim souvenirs to carry holy water. c. 1200-1400AD. Findspot: #Swansea area
The scallop shell was a common symbol of #pilgrimage especially #CaminodeSantiago

📸: NMGW-685596 #Amgueddfa #Cymru – #Museum #Wales

SPOT is still #MISSING 5/12/18 VERY RECOGNISABLE LOST WHILE IN TRAINING
#Gwynfe #Llangadog #WALES #SA19
She was 15 months old #BorderCollie
FULL BLACK BODY/TINY bits of tan on legs/LOOK AT THE BLACK SPOT OVER HER LEFT EYE
#FindSpot

#Jewellery - Four flower shaped beads made of sapphires inset into gold. Four shell shaped beads made of gold. Strung on wire.

Date - 2ndC (about)

Made in: #India ( #BodhGaya , Bihar)
Findspot -
#MahabodhiTemple (Bodh Gaya)

© The Trustees of the British Museum