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1/6 For #FindsFriday three haunting faces of the impressive Gundestrup vessel @Nationalmuseet. Found in a Danish bog in Jutland over a century ago (1891). It originally travelled far north from. It interestingly displays distinct Celtic imagery…(and holds soup) ca. 150 BC. 
2/6 One of the central scenes inside depicts a Godlike figure with antlers 🦌 holding a snake 🐍 which is sometimes interpreted as the Celtic God Cernunnos.
3/6 Another scene depicts a graphic ritual of sacrifice where an individual (soldier, slave?) is thrown in a large pot by a giant. This scene is flanked by soldiers with 🛡, riders and Carnyx players 🎺 (possibly war horns).
💥The Amazing #Ancient Persian Gold and Silver Oxus Treasure👑👀💥
(A thread 1/6)👇
An incredible treasure discovered near the Oxus River is one of the most precious collections of ancient #Persian artifacts known to us today.
#FindsFriday #History #art
(A thread 1/6)👇
An incredible treasure discovered near the Oxus River is one of the most precious collections of ancient #Persian artifacts known to us today.
#FindsFriday #History #art
Around 180 pieces of #jewelry, metalwork and statuettes, and about 200 coins have survived, but the original cache was much bigger. Comprised of stunning #gold and #silver artifacts, the #treasure is an impressive example of ancient #wealth. (2/6)
#FindsFriday #art #Archaeology
#FindsFriday #art #Archaeology
The Oxus #Treasure was discovered about 1877-1880. The exact place and date of the find remains a mystery. Kobadiyan has been suggested as most likely place. (3/6)
#FindsFriday #History #Art
Gold & Silver statuettes of bearded men (British Museum)
#FindsFriday #History #Art
Gold & Silver statuettes of bearded men (British Museum)
#VirtualExhibition #FindsFriday No 4🧵: #Eynsham Abbey: The House of God.
For the monks in Eynsham Abbey there would have been a set routine of prayers and chores. The objects recovered by the archaeologists gives us a glimpse of this life. 1/8
For the monks in Eynsham Abbey there would have been a set routine of prayers and chores. The objects recovered by the archaeologists gives us a glimpse of this life. 1/8
Objects which give us a glimpse of life in #Eynsham Abbey include the religious imagery and stories portrayed in the plaque of St. Thomas, and the unknown saint in the stained glass. The writing implements and book clasp reflect the education & work of the monks. 2/8
Pilgrim Plaque
The plaque depicts St. Thomas of Canterbury on his return from exile in France. The style of the plaque suggests it dates to the 14th century. #VirtualExhibition
OXCMS : 1995.342.sf37 3/8
The plaque depicts St. Thomas of Canterbury on his return from exile in France. The style of the plaque suggests it dates to the 14th century. #VirtualExhibition
OXCMS : 1995.342.sf37 3/8
1/3 For #FindsFriday a 3rd c. CE Roman cavalry face mask, found during the excavations of a military base near Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia, #Turkey. The mask attracted a lot of media attention recently, so let's have a look at its function🧵#romanarchaeology
2/3 Most of these iron masked helmets (2 examples from The Netherlands) were originally either silvered of bronze plated, making these objects flashy & fancy. Never intended for use in battle, they were the cavalry sports helmets, worn on parade and in displays.
📷: @carolemadge
📷: @carolemadge
3/3 Arrian (2nd c. CE) describes these displays, called hippika gymnasia (‘horse exercises’): ‘The horsemen enter [the parade ground] fully armed, and those of high rank or superior in horsemanship wear gilded helmets of iron or bronze to draw the attention of the spectators'
It's #FindsFriday time with week six of our #DebrisDiary. A few interesting finds have emerged out of the dust this week, thanks to the eagle eyes of our volunteers and staff. @NatTrustArch 📷Nicholas Farka
First up we have this curious bell, found under the floorboards of what would have been servant accommodation. Maybe it was part of Oxburgh’s staff bell system. It is metal and the button still moves when pressed…although we doubt anyone is receiving anything now.
Next up we have this delicate little black ribbon and a collection of beads and buttons. Which add to the narrative that these attic spaces were being used as a sewing room. One or two have nice big windows so maybe the abundance of light made it the perfect needlework space.
It's that time again...#FindsFriday! It is week five of our #DebrisDiary as sifting continues, and volunteers have been focusing on bags of debris from the attics which run east from the gatehouse. These attics have an intriguing history.
@NatTrustArch
@NatTrustArch
Tree-ring dating of timbers in this area indicates that they were felled between 1551 and 1579. This period of Elizabeth I’s reign was particularly dangerous for Catholics like the Bedingfelds; not the most obvious time for them to have been investing in home improvements.
It has long been suggested that there was a secret chapel in the house, so perhaps this phase of work relates to the covert creation of a discreet place of worship on the top floor of the house. One which was quick dash away from the priest hole. 📷RedZebra
Good morning on this lovely #FindsFriday! It is week four of our #DebrisDiary as we continue to sift through the rubble taken from beneath the attic floors. @NatTrustArch
First up is a bit of an odd find; a chocolate wrapper of some sort. Last year we actually found a mostly complete (sans chocolate) Terry’s Gold Leaf box hidden beneath the floorboards. We wonder if this wrapper may have come from that!
Dating from the 1940s and produced under the rationing restrictions of WW2, perhaps these chocolates were ‘contraband’. Clearly whoever ate them didn’t want anyone else to know about them so hid the evidence. Photo by @mjc_associates
#DebrisDiary time! Week three of sifting debris from beneath the attic floors has revealed some items which differ from those previously found by volunteers working on this project. @NatTrustArch
A delicate glass button, which survived intact despite being both being dropped and hoovered up, was a lovely clean, clear contrast to the brown dust it was found in.
A volunteer also found a tiny piece of gilded, carved wood which could have dropped from a picture frame or piece of furniture.
#DebrisDiary time! Week two of sifting debris from beneath the attic floors has turned up some more interesting items for #FindsFriday. So what did we find between 1st and 4th August?
@NatTrustArch
@NatTrustArch
This week's debris were taken from the Wallpaper and Tank Attics, the finds found in each room are quite different. This tray shows a typical selection of small objects found in one sifting session from the Wallpaper Attic, which give us an impression of how that room was used.
We have found pins, lead shot, textiles, lovely coloured-glass beads, and some tiny pieces of newspaper, printed books and hand-written documents. We don’t currently have a date for the beads, but we still find ourselves trying to imagine the dresses they might have adorned.
The first week of sifting debris from under the floors has already yielded some fascinating finds! We will be posting a debris diary here every #FindsFriday to keep you up to date on what we unearth. So what did we find between 26th and 28th July? @NatTrustArch
The bags we sorted this week were all from the ‘Wallpaper Attic’. Last year we found a lot of evidence which pointed to this room being used as a place for sewing, mending and the storage of documents over a long period. The tiny items discovered add further to this narrative.
Many more pins were retrieved, a still-threaded needle, buttons, lumps of sealing wax, fragments of textile and a piece of paper through which had been pricked a design that would have been ‘pounced’ with chalk onto fabric for embroidery.
Absolute fav for this week’s #FindsFriday. On back of #greatbritishdig episode in Nottingham and discussions of Robin Hood, here is a stunning seal matrix of marcher lord and hero of medieval romance, Fulk FitzWarin. Look away @jpwarchaeology you know what’s coming!😃🧵1/
Matrix depicts helmeted knight (FitzWarin) on horseback, charging right with shield in left hand and sword raised in right. The image is so well detailed that mail, folds in the surcoat, shield and swordbelt strap and the slit and grill in the helmet are all clearly visible. 2/
Shield bears the arms of FitzWarin, Quarterly per fess indented argent and gules. Horse wears a high saddle and its mane has been plaited. Bridle and reins are clearly visible and the strap across its chest is decorated with hanging harness pendants in the shape of crosses. 3/
We are starting our Christmas Countdown a little early this year with the A-Z of @drakonheritage #ChristmasIsComing #ChristmasCountdown
First up. A is for Archaeology. Our year has been full of many great objects from the field. Swords, brooches, lots of iron and so many coins... #ArchaeologicalConservation #Archaeology
B is for Broken. This Anglo-Saxon vessel was hit by a plough. By re-joining the fragments we can appreciate its form but I loved seeing the repairs made in the past. What a valued object this must have been to someone. What stories it could tell. #conservation #ChristmasCountdown
