A purple hare in foliage, from a Coptic textile, 4th-5thC AD :) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/54441/Textile_of_Purple_Hare_in_Foliage/ …pic.twitter.com/8IAeG3YV6Q
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A 1st-2ndC Roman crouching hare, possibly an attachment from a piece of furniture: http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=750&sos=14 …pic.twitter.com/aQoAPllC3M
@caitlinrgreen loving these hares. @JaneSunflower have you seen?
@thesweetcheat @JaneSunflower They're fabulous animals! Always nice to have an excuse to share some :)
A small Roman plate brooch in the shape of a hare, from East Wear Bay Roman villa, Folkstone http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/news/projectdiaries/a-town-unearthed/ …pic.twitter.com/eHKAQvv5gY
@caitlinrgreen @thepainterflynn The hare seems to appear a lot in these artifacts, because of its abundance or rarity or its odd behaviour?
@johnandrewhall @thepainterflynn Varying suggestions re: meaning: ref to hunt, cult of Diana, love/fertility token etc?
@caitlinrgreen @thepainterflynn And I don't suppose the bunny had taken over the countryside at this time.
@johnandrewhall @thepainterflynn Thought to be introduced by the Romans :) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/4439339.stm …
Just for interest, place-names involving OE hara, 'hare', e.g. West Harnham, Wiltshire, via http://halogen.le.ac.uk/query/kepn pic.twitter.com/OdNNyJdxej
@caitlinrgreen you're a genius
@Rokewood Hah! You're too kind, but thanks ;) :)
A final one---the fabulous stone from Vindolanda showing a hare chasing a hound :) Happy Easter :)https://twitter.com/vindolandatrust/status/585758414162305024 …
@caitlinrgreen A happy easter Dr Caitlin :) no easter eggs though??
@Umarkarim89 thank you! :) No, just bunnies on here! but def at home! :)
@caitlinrgreen haha and no bunnies (actual ones) at home??
@Umarkarim89 Not seen any today----perhaps hiding in case small children try to persuade them to hand over chocolate eggs!? ;)
@caitlinrgreen hahahaha :D I had a friend he had 8-10 and then all made a tunnel and escaped and his nieces and nephews got so sad :)
Roman tombstone of a young boy holding a hare, found 1869, St Swithin's Church in Lincoln, & in @collectionusher :)pic.twitter.com/sJfg7cr0Zl
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