Elaborate Sassanid silver plate, ~600 AD ( media.kbin.social )
Dacian (modern day Romania and surrounding countries) weapon heads, including a falx blade (top), 1st-2nd century AD? ( media.kbin.social )
Achaemenid-era (5th century BCE) golden fish vessel, used for storing oil or perfume ( media.kbin.social )
Achaemenid-era (5th century BCE) gold statuettes, from what is modern-day Iran ( media.kbin.social )
[Via [email protected]] Door with Cat Door, North Door of Exeter Cathedral, 14th century, feat. Stapledon the Cathedral Cat. ( lemmy.world )
“This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties. Records of payments were entered in the...
Bronze Roman military diploma discharging an auxiliary soldier and granting citizenship, 71 AD ( media.kbin.social )
Grotesque bronze figurine of an actor, Graeco-Roman, 2nd century BCE-1st century AD ( media.kbin.social )
Jennings Dog, a 2nd century AD Roman copy of a Greek original sculpture ( media.kbin.social )
4th century BCE Spanish falcata sword, and later gladius below ( media.kbin.social )
Avalokiteshvara, Bronze sculpture, China, 10th century ( kbin.social )
Location: China, Yunnan, Dali Kingdom (937-1253), 10th century...
Ancient Roman payslip for an auxiliary cavalryman, found at (and dated to) the Siege of Masada, 72-73 AD ( media.kbin.social )
Birch bark document used for practice by child, 13th century, Novgorod Republic ( media.kbin.social )
12th century birch bark letter, Novgorod Republic ( media.kbin.social )
Me: "I know I have non-Roman stuff to share in my folders..." Also me: "Oh shit is that a 3rd century AD Roman pectorale? Gotta share that!" ( media.kbin.social )
'Apache' revolver used by French gangsters, pre-WW1 ( media.kbin.social )
Ancient Roman multitool ( media.kbin.social )
Achaemenid Persian 'bent-bar' coin, Northern India ( lemmy.world )
www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=309206
A Machine for Making Rifle Stocks - The Blanchard Lathe (1820s) ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9697959...
Re-enactor in replicas of the military equipment of a 1st-2nd century AD Roman legionary ( lemmy.world )
The helmet and sheathe are a bit fancy, one must imagine this legionary a spendthrift who saves on wine and women and splurges on decoration instead!
Mongol plates and jug, Azerbaijan, 13th-14th century AD ( lemmy.world )
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dishes_from_Beylagan_in_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan.jpg
Silver coins of the Golden Horde (or Russian vassals?), 14th-15th century AD ( lemmy.world )
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treasure_of_silver_coins_of_the_XIV_-_beg._XV_century._Found_at_Chornaya_Promza_village_of_the_Bolshebereznikovsky_district,_Mordovia,_USSR_in_1961.jpg
Carving of the Chest of Courtrai, depicting Flemish urban militia victories over French royal forces, reliefs dated 14th century AD ( lemmy.world )
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