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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

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    Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2015

    A glass fish vessel, ?1stC AD, perhaps made in India w/ glass from Roman Egypt! Found Begram: http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2011/06/29/glass-from-begram/ …pic.twitter.com/3Xf1PeI0qk

    11:31 AM - 16 Jun 2015
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    • Mage Against the Roisin Jessa Saifur Rahman Ali annfro Francesco Santini Giovanni Lido David Coppin Library Lagomorph 🐙Bottom Feeder🐡edfromred
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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        The 1stC AD 'Periplus of the Erythraean Sea' mentions the export of raw glass to India, eg. section 56: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/periplus/periplus.html …

        3 replies 9 retweets 11 likes
      3. John Newsham‏ @JohnNewsham1 16 Jun 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen Thank you,really interesting text- another one I've bookmarked to read again, with map in hand :-)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2015
        Replying to @JohnNewsham1

        @JohnNewsham1 It's a fascinating text; wiki has a good map, incidentally: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Periplous_of_the_Erythraean_Sea.svg …pic.twitter.com/r5ULmXIF19

        2 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
      5. John Newsham‏ @JohnNewsham1 16 Jun 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen Thank you, never looked at this area of history before. Good to broaden horizons :-)

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Aug 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Following Hadrian  🧔🏻

        Another rather lovely fish-shaped glass vessel, 1stC AD :)https://twitter.com/carolemadge/status/559420602445213698 …

        Dr Caitlin Green added,

        Following Hadrian  🧔🏻 @carolemadge
        Fish-shaped glass bottle, from Iader Roman necropolis, 2nd half of 1st century AD (Zadar Museum of Ancient Glass). pic.twitter.com/a1YuekBrIt
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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Mar 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        A lovely 1stC AD rock crystal fish, pierced for suspension, from a grave at Arezzo, Italy: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/ArezzoGrave.html …pic.twitter.com/DCzgldxdM3

        3 replies 24 retweets 48 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Jun 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        A rock crystal shell pendant, from a L3rdC burial at Gundelsheim, S. Germany: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/GundelsheimShellPendant.html …pic.twitter.com/btMQpUoTKf

        2 replies 9 retweets 30 likes
      4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jun 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        A Roman rock crystal ring with a cameo of a woman's face http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/4-12.jpg pic.twitter.com/P27TmBKH2V

        1 reply 10 retweets 22 likes
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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Roman blue glass model boat of the 1stC AD from Aquileia, Italy, & a green one from Pompeii: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=1011432001&objectId=400388&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/CLfIsUwkVP

        2 replies 49 retweets 77 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Roman mosaic glass fragments, 1stC BC-1stC AD, framed with modern gold paper: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquitiesproject/5034889362/in/photostream/ …pic.twitter.com/HB0lWQvx7K

        3 replies 20 retweets 36 likes
      4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        A weathered 1stC AD Roman glass amphoriskos, rendered iridescent by time :) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/221806/unknown-maker-amphoriskos-roman-1st-century/?artview=dor49370 …pic.twitter.com/2LKVscZg1q

        1 reply 19 retweets 42 likes
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      2. Nancy Ewart‏ @namastenancysf 16 Jun 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen Charming fish; amazing to have survived !

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2015
        Replying to @namastenancysf

        @namastenancysf oh yes, and one of several to have done so!

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      1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2015
        Replying to @spiritofcicero

        @spiritofcicero absolutely! :)

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      2. Helen Dexter 💚‏ @helenecdexter 30 Jul 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Oh sublime! Still remember my fascination with tiny Roman glass bottles in London museum as a child. What is it about old glasswork?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 30 Jul 2017
        Replying to @helenecdexter

        For me part of is definitely amazement that something so fragile and intricate survives!

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Helen Dexter 💚‏ @helenecdexter 30 Jul 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Probably because it was much treasured...amazing that we can look at something in wonder that was once looked at in wonder so long ago.

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