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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A rim-sherd of early Byzantine Phocaean Red Slip Ware discovered at Collierstown, Co. Meath, Ireland: https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/handle/10379/3263 …pic.twitter.com/lFp69NnfQl
Earlier but interesting—a 2ndC pot found 250km west of Ireland, inscribed w/ C PISCI FAGI + a graffito of an otter: http://www.jstor.org/stable/297059?seq=1#fndtn-page_scan_tab_contents …pic.twitter.com/fVndgLDSE7
Barry Cunliffe on the Roman pot found on Porcupine Bank & possible explanations for why it was found there: https://web.archive.org/web/20131105230706/http://www.archaeologyuk.org/ba/ba63/feat2.shtml …pic.twitter.com/PCAf7fPqb0
For interest, 'Sogdiana, its Christians, and Byzantium: a Study of Artistic+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 …
A 9th-century AD silk made in Central Asia showing pairs of horsemen hunting ibexes—interestingly, this Sogdian 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/vDLZlYZbVq
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