Notices by Nina Willburger (ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de)

#FindsFriday! Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old beads were found in the pile-dwelling settlements of Sipplingen and Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy

📷 ALM Baden-Württemberg

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Sherds - #archaeologists' joy!

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For today's
#MosaicMonday
a representation of a fish-skeleton on a so-called asarotos oikos mosaic found in a private house in Aquileia, dating 1st c. BC. Asarotos oikos ("unswept room") mosaics decorated the floors of triclinia, dining rooms. The foor seems to be covered with the debris of a meal, which were usually swept away, e. g. bones, poultry claws, seashells, fruit stones, grape-stalks.

On display at the National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia.

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Good one

A stunning #IceAge masterpiece: a big cat (thought to be a snow leopard) carved in mammoth ivory more  some 40,000 years ago! Length 8.7 cm, found at the Vogelherd Cave on the Swabian Jura.

On display at Museum Universität Tübingen

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New discovery: The discovery of a horse cemetery of the Roman cavalry fort in Bad Cannstatt has been made public. The horses were buried northeast of the fort.

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Photo: S. Roth/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg

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An almost 6,000 years old wooden cup, found in the Late #Neolithic pile dwelling settlement of Hornstaad-Hörnle at the Lake Constance. The waterlogged, anaerobic environment provided ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials.

📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

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A rare #Greek askos in the form of a lobster claw, dating around 450 BC. The vessel was used to hold oil.

📷 Antikensammlung Kassel

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It’s time for a timeline cleanse

A #Roman pot with ears and a funny little face (it looks like Shaun the Sheep).

Found in a burial in the necropolis of Giubiasco, Switzerland 2nd century AD.

Photo: Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

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Roman mask (?), found in Xanten, 1st - 3rd century AD.

On display at Römermuseum Xanten

May blue be the colour of the day!

A stunning #Roman ribbed bowl, fully intact with little to no wear, found in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Great examples of wasters. The vessels were damaged during the process of firing.
From the #Roman site at Worb, Switzerland.

Ob display at Historisches Museum Bern.

📷 taken by me

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New discovery: Around forty amphorae dating 1st century BC/1 century AD were discovered in their original cargo placement within the marine region of the Vendicari Natural Park, Sicily

https://www.regione.sicilia.it/la-regione-informa/archeologia-ritrovate-anfore-antiche-marina-noto-vendicari-scarpinato-scoperta-importante

New discovery: Archaeologists uncovered a fully preserved statue from ancient Odessos (Bulgaria), a marble statue from the #Roman era, slightly taller than a human height.

https://bnt.bg/news/archaeologists-from-varna-discovered-the-first-fully-preserved-statue-from-ancient-odessos-332951news.html

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A well-preserved #Neolithic knife, the blade was made of flint and fastened with birch tar in a wooden handle.
From the pile dwelling settlement at Wangen-Hinterhorn, Lake Constance, dating 3800-3500 BC.

On display at Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz

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New discovery: statues of Kybele, Pan, and Dionysos unearthed at Kurul Castle in Ordu, Türkiye.

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/history-at-turkiye-kurul-castle-65161/

Early medieval glass spindle-whorls, possibly used as beads, from burials in Heilbronn-Sontheim and Lauchheim, dating 6th/7th century AD.

On display at our Great State Exhibition, which opens on Friday 13 September.

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A cosmetic container in the shape of a #duck. The wings of the container pivot outward, revealing a storage compartment. Dating 1550-1196 BC.
Ducks were a popular decorative motif in ancient #Egypt.
Made from hippopotamus ivory, elephant ivory, and bone.

📷The Walters Museum of Art

The Hove Amber Cup was made from a single piece of Baltic #amber some 3,500 years ago. It was found in a #BronzeAge burial mound in Hove, Sussex.

📷 taken by me

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A #Roman leather #brief/#bikini bottom with a cut-out design, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces. Made of goat leather, from Trier, dating 2nd c. AD. So far, seven differently cut leather briefs are known. It's unclear whether they were used as underwear or whether they were worn by acrobats. A terracotta figurine from #Egypt shows briefs very similar to the one from Trier, the cut-out design is clearly visible.

📷 bikini: Landesmuseum Trier
📷 figurine: Universität Trier