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That’s the frustration of items being looted - they lose all context. So we don’t even know what country these were found in, nor where they were made (but I’m sure there are some educated guesses out there), nor the burial - if it was a burial - that they’re associated with. Sigh.

Definitely a piercing.

Their provenance only goes back to a private collection in 1987. Probably looted from a burial, but unpublished (looted) hoards are always possible.

Now that I’ve removed his fentanyl patch - which was making him crazy - he’s doing much better. Thanks, James.

Pair of gold hoop earrings with Erotes riding doves, Two gold hoop earrings with sculptural details, each with Eros riding a dove, a bird sacred to Aphrodite (mother of Eros). The birds' wings, tail feathers and the down on their heads, as well as the w...

If you zoom in, you can see that the birds' wings, tail feathers and the down on their heads, as well as the wings of the Erotes are accentuated with beaded wire arranged in circles and long loops. Remarkable details for such small earrings. Typically Hellenistic. 🏺 2/

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Two gold hoop earrings with sculptural details - each has Eros riding a dove, a bird sacred to Aphrodite. The birds' wings, tail feathers and the down on their heads, as well as the wings of the Erotes are accentuated with beaded wire arranged in circles and long loops. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd century BCE. Met Museum, New York (1995.539.9a, b)

These delicate, highly detailed gold hoop earrings depict winged Erotes riding doves. The dove, of course, was a sacred bird of Aphrodite (mother of Eros), symbolizing love, beauty, and fertility. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/

Greek, 3rd c. BCE. #MetMuseum
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a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and her hair blowing in the wind . ALT: a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and her hair blowing in the wind .

Live video of me …

Thanks, Łukasz!

I love the braiding technique - gorgeous. How is it that the 1990s Snettisham excavation remains unpublished?

Pottery face-urn depicting a bearded man, made as a cinerary urn This pottery face-urn was used as a cinerary urn and contained cremated bones. The face is male, with a beard and large fuzzy eyebrows. Is it meant to look like the deceased, or is this a standard fac...

Here’s one that somehow escaped Colchester and wound up in the #BritishMuseum. 📸 me

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Yeah, I know how awful it is for both the people living in that area, and the businesses - many who have been there for decades. Paris, London, New York - they all have the same problem. Too many people want to travel to take pics, few to experience culture. I don’t have the answer.

Well, we’ll disagree about how to handle the overtourism, but I love all of Rome, particularly the parts the tourists never see (and the restaurants therein). The saddest part for me is the gating of the Pantheon, which I had loved wandering in and out of for decades. 😞

Am I allowed to pick multiples?

Why do I have a suspicion that this was created by AI? I mean, that ram ... what the heck? I love the 'transparent' note, but apparently part of it is also invisible. The whole thing is wrong and typical of AI.

Yep - although I'm waiting to hear about the biopsy of that lump. Hoping for the best. Now we all just need some sleep ... 😊

Successful surgery, but he's still so disoriented (he has a fentanyl patch on for a few days) and he continues to whine and cry. And I'm sure the pain isn't fun. We haven't had any sleep, and neither has he. Sigh.

Agreed that over-tourism is a huge problem in Europe right now. So many people who just want to hit the highlights to take selfies and shoot a TikTok video for the views and clicks. So little of it has anything to do with learning things about another culture, history, etc. It's awful.

What is going on here? And why is that eye looking at me?

Awww ... I love that photo. Sweet pup. Thank you!

These videos are done for the outrage, the clicks, and target Americans who have never traveled before and want to feel superior. Many Americans would look at these videos and scratch their heads at the idiocy on display.

Yeah, our poor animals don’t understand what’s happened to them and why they’re in pain. He just whined all night. Fortunately, he’s got a fentanyl patch on his leg for the next four days, which I’m sure helps.

Thanks! Having him home and massively agitated by the anesthesia may be worse … 😫

It’s not the charging of money for these sites that bothers me - it’s the ‘turnstile’ phenomenon, whereby it increases the traffic and eliminates the easy in and out of the natural flow of traffic. The casual discovery by the wanderer, etc. Those days are gone.

Duke is out of surgery and home earlier than expected - all successful. But there is nothing fun about a dog who still has anesthesia in his system and is shrieking and pacing, completely disoriented. Like a drunk kicked out of a bar after hours …

Yes, if the site was excavated intact, I’m sure they would have kept the figure with the throne.

Just like the travesty at the Pantheon. And now they’re addicted to the cash and will be looking for more opportunities to turn the fabric of the city into Disneyland cash. Awful.

Do we know if it originally had an articulated figure on it? I’ve seen a few with those ‘dolls’ placed on them, most recently at the Met in NYC.

I think that’s right. Herakles was born in Thebes and became their patron deity, with the club symbolizing that relationship. Theban coinage frequently depicted Herakles, with and without the club, as shown in the silver stater from Thebes below (440-430 BCE). #AltesMuseum, Berlin.

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Sweet blonde dog sitting in my kitchen, his ears back and a smile on his face, waiting for his freeze-dried sweet potato treat.

Wishing my dog Duke luck tomorrow. Bit of cancer surgery - hopefully one and done. He’s our sweet ‘special needs dog’ and a situation like this is beyond stressful for him. And for his daddies! 🤞

Roman greenish glass beaker with ‘lotus buds’ Ridiculously called ‘lotus buds’ by some curators, nodules on beakers of this type are sometimes also called ‘almond shapes’, but the beaker is more likely a stylized version of Hercules’ club (there’...

Yep! For years, however, museums had tortured descriptions of these beakers, many calling the knots ‘lotus buds’. It’s now pretty well accepted that the beakers represent Hercules’ club. flic.kr/p/2pzD2ya