One of several fifth- to sixth-century Eastern Roman/Byzantine coins found in a container buried on a 6thC monastic site in the Maldives.pic.twitter.com/UEF90ImnI2
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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
Did the Roman trade routes continue? Were they very disrupted by war and new power centres? Were there new trade routes? The Roman slave trade from Hengesbury in Dorset seemed very active in Roman times - I imagine in ancient times slave trading must have been important commerce?
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