A L5thC coin of the Alachon Huns, who ruled in Afghanistan; note the cranial deformation: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_dinar_of_the_alchon_hun.aspx …pic.twitter.com/SMnpX9teL8
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Two gold+garnet lions from the recent Russian Fatezhsky treasure, said to be Hun-era, L4/E5thC http://streetart-ekb.livejournal.com/641913.html pic.twitter.com/jp5izUdH20
Some more finds from the apparently Hun-era, 4th-5thC Fatezhsky Treasure, found Russia, via http://streetart-ekb.livejournal.com/641913.html pic.twitter.com/4x059O92Kn
@caitlinrgreen what is the thing in the lower right corner
@Umarkarim89 it's a good question! ;)
@caitlinrgreen i hv started to understand British norms now.Yesterday was reading somewhere that u tell a good joke and reply is very good:D
@Umarkarim89 Absolutely! + understatement,mild humour+difficulty accepting compliments ;) Also http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/what-british-people-say-versus-what-they-mean …pic.twitter.com/JU2HTVEI12
@caitlinrgreen And now i remember you saying very interesting :D
@Umarkarim89 ah, well, I tend to use both ways---as in graphic and for genuine interest! Let confusion reign! ;)
A selection of Hunnic & post-Attila nomadic studs/appliqués of L4th-6thC from Kerch, Crimea http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=67372&partId=1&place=28761&plaA=28761-3-1&sortBy=imageName&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/WqGe2pZAgv
@caitlinrgreen I've been meaning to ask, since last year, in fact, how did they achieve the cranial deformations?
@MariusHollenga Full details on Hunnic cranial deformation here :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/586851784372674560 …
@caitlinrgreen Murky buckets!
Hun-era buckle from v rich E5thC grave at Regöly, Hungary, with 'fish-scale' garnets: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/SzekszardBuckle.jpg …pic.twitter.com/cAwZhIbJft
Roman-era 'Scirian' arm bands+necklace from Budapest, gold+garnet: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/HNMScirianArmBands1.jpg … & http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/HNMScirianEarringsNecklace.jpg …pic.twitter.com/1jOQryuKcq
Is that a screw in the lower left-hand photo? If so, I'm amazed. I had no idea that screws per see went back that far.
oh, good spot! :) Yes, seems an early one: in use in antiquity for wine/oil presses etchttp://www.britannica.com/technology/screw …
It appears to be quite finely made, with a knurled edge on the head for hand tightening. Scare at the time, I would think.
Two gold and garnet cloisonné dragon terminals from a 5thC Eastern Hunnic collar: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/old-master-sculpture-works-art-l14233/lot.12.html# …pic.twitter.com/xIwKnEAzS3
@caitlinrgreen BEAUTIFUL ! my grandmother had such a pendant with these dragon heads :)
@Umarkarim89 Wow, what a lovely thing to have! :)
@caitlinrgreen Hehe yeah but i guess not have now gave it to some one. Those pendants were quite big and solid gold :)
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