A 6th-7thC silk textile woven in Japan & imitating a Persian original, from the 8thC Shōsōin Depository, Nara, Japan http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp206_sasanian_persia.pdf …pic.twitter.com/ubl3cNtBtJ
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A 6th-7thC silk textile woven in Japan & imitating a Persian original, from the 8thC Shōsōin Depository, Nara, Japan http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp206_sasanian_persia.pdf …pic.twitter.com/ubl3cNtBtJ
7th-10thC Persian beads found in the central Kalahari Desert, southern Africa; KC4183 & KC4093 are prob Sasanian: https://www.academia.edu/13186082/The_Glass_Beads_of_Kaitshaa …pic.twitter.com/yxJhxYjejO
A 6th–7thC AD Sogdian silk jacket in the Sasanian style, featuring confronted peacocks in pearl roundels: http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp206_sasanian_persia.pdf …pic.twitter.com/eSf1bfgjKQ
Roman glass plate that was later painted in Sasanian Persia+subsequently deposited in a 5thC AD tomb in Nara, Japan: https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/glass-dish-unearthed-in-nara-came-from.html …pic.twitter.com/0bAekTSnqu
Headline of the report contradicts its contents: 'Glass dish.. from Roman Empire', followed by 'glass bowl.. originated in Sassanid Persia'.
Two different objects; the Sasanian bowl is depicted further down the page :)
8. In the light of the tweets 1-7, at best Rome has only been on the transit rout of the blue dish to Japan, which does not render it Roman.
No. The report (which is oddly phrased in places, I agree) is saying that the chemical composition of the glass indicates it was made in >
> the Roman empire, i.e. is natron glass (the glass made in the Sasanian Empire is chemically different to that made in the Roman Empire). >
> It is then thought to have been transported into the Sasanian Empire due to the faded traces of paintwork on it, which are in Sasanian >
> style. Finally, it was taken to Japan where was buried in tomb 126 with a bowl that *was* made in the Sasanian Empire. Hope that helps! :)
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