A very long way from home: early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/03/a-very-long-way-from-home.html …pic.twitter.com/jW7Mtvv3Pi
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Two sherds of early Byzantine fine ware pottery made in 5th- to early 6th-century Egypt, found Zanzibar, Tanzania: http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A164832&dswid=8318 …pic.twitter.com/SKYt73mW4S
A Roman glass bead found in the early 5thC AD Utsukushi no.1 burial mound in Nagaoka-kyo, Japan: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/17691 pic.twitter.com/VkUHZiqLA3
Coins found near Tanga, Tanzania, including a Byzantine coin of Heraclius (610–641): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00672706609511349?journalCode=raza20 …pic.twitter.com/dCKIcmiDxo
Two early Byzantine gold coins and a silver Sasanian coin found in a 6thC Chinese tomb: http://gbtimes.com/china/eastern-roman-gold-coins-found-1500-year-old-chinese-tomb …pic.twitter.com/ci7TmesnzB
A L4thC eastern Mediterranean glass ewer found in a 5thC Silla-period tomb in Korea; repaired w/ gold wire: https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/silk-road-themes/mouvable-heritage-and-museums/glassware …pic.twitter.com/0YfSLvkaAe
An early Byzantine silver dish with two angels — made in 6thC Syria & found at Berezovo, Western Siberia, in 1860s: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmbyz.html …pic.twitter.com/hhtAYTauy4
The Bifrons Park Ring — a mid-5th-century Anglo-Saxon ring with a garnet possibly from Sri Lanka: https://artefactology.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/bifrons-park-ring/ …pic.twitter.com/k2QOjiWDDt
An Anglo-Saxon glass bead from Kent possibly made out of Byzantine glass produced in the eastern Mediterranean from the 4th–6th centuries AD: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/863148 …pic.twitter.com/Qpdoc6QNmT
Two mosaic fragments with colour & gilding discovered in the Sasanian palace at Ctesiphon (22 miles SE of present-day Baghdad): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322774 … & https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322789 …pic.twitter.com/W4yFadPmkX
A 6th-/7th-century Byzantine censer, found at Glastonbury Abbey with traces of burnt incense still remaining within it: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=62694&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/mG8zXmj8o7
A late fifth- to mid-seventh-century St Menas ampulla from Egypt, found at Canterbury, England: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=62736&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/UFyFUBIOx9
6th-century Byzantine gold coins, belt set and other artefacts found in 2013 in Tashkent province, Uzbekistan: http://www.uzbekembassy.in/information-digest-of-press-of-uzbekistan-172/ …pic.twitter.com/cC2NrkEFT0
A gold solidus of Anastasius (491–518) found on the Swedish island of Gotland: http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/bild.asp?uid=16190 …pic.twitter.com/t0c8OP1RrN
A 9th-century AD silk made in Central Asia; the silk's design derives from Byzantine models & the piece was preserved in the Church of Saint-Omer, France: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1974.98#art-object-detail-views …pic.twitter.com/3vi0sVhm9W
Late Roman/Early Byzantine glass and imitations recovered from late fifth- to early sixth-century Silla tombs in Korea.pic.twitter.com/8oz9SB0Oi4
A probably sixth-century Byzantine bronze lamp from Egypt, found at Pong Tuk, Thailand: http://www.siamese-heritage.org/jsspdf/2001/JSS_096_0b_Borrell_EarlyByzantineLampFromPongTuk.pdf …pic.twitter.com/xNtIyOr6B9
A 6th- to 7th-century early Byzantine 'Coptic' bowl from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Faversham, Kent, found containing hazelnuts :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=94537&partId=1&place=32264&plaA=32264-3-1&sortBy=imageName&page=2 …pic.twitter.com/315phR9moM
Gold chalice of c. AD 500 with eagle-headed handles, found with early 6th-century Byzantine coins near Gourdon, France, in 1845: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trésor_de_Gourdon_04.JPG …pic.twitter.com/f7QxgUTKo6
A mint gold Byzantine coin of Anastasius (491–518) found in the tomb of Emperor Jiemin (498–532), Northern Wei dynasty, China: http://primaltrek.com/blog/2013/10/31/byzantine-gold-coin-found-in-tomb-of-emperor-jiemin-of-northern-wei/ …pic.twitter.com/XIHFydYDMQ
An early 7th-century Byzantine silver gilded dish with Silenus and a Maenad; made in Constantinople, 613–629/30, with seals from the reign of Heraclius on the rear, and found in 1878 near Solikamsk, Perm, Russia: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmbyz.html …pic.twitter.com/cwEPFQ9tQ8
Coin of the Byzantine emperor Justin II (565–78), found S. India/Sri Lanka & collected by Mackenzie in early 19th century, see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271621898_Roman_Coins_from_the_Masson_and_Mackenzie_Collections_in_the_British_Museum … by @SushmaJansari :) (image: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3423215&partId=1 …)pic.twitter.com/c8LKJEH3c3
A 5th- to 7th-century 'Jatim' bead made in Jawa Timur/East Java from a mixture of Byzantine & Sasanian glass; image via https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/MDwH0ETs48
A wafer-thin, single-sided gold pendant of probable 7th-century date imitating a Byzantine coin of Anastasius; found at Holton le Moor, Lincolnshire, and now in @collectionusher.pic.twitter.com/SlfnLypu3m
A Byzantine silver dish dated AD 641–51 and found in Russia; it was probably originally transported to Central Asia before being re-exported to Russia: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmbyz.html …pic.twitter.com/tjs9xlDFKr
An imitation of a 7th-century Byzantine coin of Heraclius found in northern Afghanistan: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gold-sogdian-imitative.282326/ … See further 'Sogdiana, its Christians, and Byzantium: a Study of Artistic and Cultural Connections in Late Antiquity': https://www.academia.edu/27959139/_Sogdiana_its_Christians_and_Byzantium_a_Study_of_Artistic_and_Cultural_Connections_in_Late_Antiquity_and_Early_Middle_Ages._Ph.D._Dissertation_Department_of_Central_Eurasian_Studies_and_Department_of_Art_History_Indiana_University_Bloomington_2001 …pic.twitter.com/7bj2AbrCGz
A 6th- or 7th-century Byzantine coin found several inches down in a rock pool on Perranporth beach, Cornwall: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/469910 …pic.twitter.com/q0IbLknG8D
A late 5th- or early 6th-century Byzantine glass intaglio of the Virgin Mary, possibly made in Constantinople according to Jeffrey Spier; found in a grave at Saltwood, Kent: http://www.aslab.co.uk/app/download/14614092/ASLab+PWR+2006+Saltwood+Part+1+accessories+ver2.pdf …pic.twitter.com/N7UUd2iNvk
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