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A #Roman face bead: the miniature human face was made either through the cold bundling of rods or the hot working of pre-made parts to form the visage, which was then stretched to make a cane that was cut into sections with identical faces.
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For #EpigraphyTuesday a Roman infantry helmet (Weisenau type) with an owner’s inscription formed by punched dots on the neck guard: the helmet belonged to Lucius Lucretius Celer, legionary in the centuria of Gaius Mummius Lolianus of the legio I adiutrix.
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A child’s footprint frozen in time - pressed into a #Roman tile as it dried before firing nearly 1,800 years ago.
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Fascinating world of ancient #glass: One of my favourite #Roman objects made of glass is this little basket (height 6.5cm).
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For #MosaicMonday a detail of a #Roman mosaic in Volubilis/Marocco depicting Medusa, the snake-haired mythical creature whose sight turns everyone to stone.
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