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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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
Roman material of c.2ndC AD also in far east too, tho' this Roman glass bowl found in Japan is from 5thC context… http://www.archaeology.org/news/2705-141113-japan-nara-tomb …pic.twitter.com/qkS7YmpY06
Some poss 2ndC AD material from sub-Saharan Africa too, incl a Janus statue from Cyrenaica found in southern Niger:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MZs2NnR-2dwC&lpg=PA121&pg=PA121#v=onepage&q&f=false …
Finally, a 2ndC AD coin of Hadrian (117–138) found in northern Sweden, possibly associated w/ the ancient fur trade: http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3248/2010_187.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y …pic.twitter.com/cIrSqvC0ag
This is great. 250km west of Ireland - Found by fishing?
Yes, brought up by a trawler in 1934, covered in marine accretions etc so been there some time...!
Amazing!
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