Saharan and trans-Saharan contacts and trade in the Roman era — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/10/saharan-and-trans-saharan-contacts.html …pic.twitter.com/CqGUbrglYx
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Items from c.3rd–7thC Kissi, Burkina Faso, sub-Saharan W. Africa, made w/ metal prob imported from Roman Carthage: https://www.academia.edu/3596759/Contacts_Between_West_Africa_and_Roman_North_Africa_Archaeometallurgical_Results_from_Kissi_Northeastern_Burkina_Faso …pic.twitter.com/U8UM0yYOGt
L5th–6thC rims possibly imitative of N. African Roman/Byzantine amphorae, found Tongo Maaré Diabal, Mali, W. Africa: http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Money_Trade_and_Trade_Routes_online.pdf …pic.twitter.com/siA8J4l6Zi
Of course, Roman-era material+influences travelled equally far in other directions too, e.g.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/778958558561959936 …
Likewise, 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 …pic.twitter.com/rCTO6kfcR0
Or a 2ndC pot found 250km west of Ireland in 1934, inscribed w/ C PISCI FAGI + a graffito of an otter: http://www.jstor.org/stable/297059?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents …pic.twitter.com/nD3oy87Kjm
A slashed gold coin of Augustus, minted in 19 BC in Spain and found at Pudukottai, India: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1216254&partId=1&place=39890&plaA=39890-3-1&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/RY56NYoBA1
May I ask please, what did the inscription say and what may be inferred from it?
First link has the Latin text, mentions a water point :)
Thank you x
Is there any idea to what extent such maps show where things are, and where people have looked for/been interested in them?
I once read a book on insects, where data was clearly biased to "within bike ride of collector's house".
I don't know how such things are measurable, but cleverer people than me have presumably thought about it...
Definitely is a real issue; for example, lots of investigation of the Libyan Sahara but significantly less of the Algerian desert... :-/
Is the inscription about the well at Ti-m-Missaou?
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