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Alison Fisk
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Recent Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck, University of London.
Here to share my love of archaeology.
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍

About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.

From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me

#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
My photo shows a hand-sized, jagged, fragment of Roman red clay tile. There is an impression of a dog’s paw pressed into the clay. The imprint shows four toe pads arranged in an arc above a central pad. Above each toe imprint there is a small indent made by the dog’s claws. The imprint was made when the paw pressed into soft clay when the clay tile was laid out in the yard before firing. The tile fragment is set against a blue display case background. Excavated at Richborough Roman fort. My photo was taken in 2020.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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"The coins were auctioned off in 57 lots by Noonans Mayfair on Wednesday, November 12, attracting global bidders from the UK, USA, Europe and New Zealand."

Honestly, it's relentless...

#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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A look at the shrines on the edge of the Vicus (settlement) outside Vindolanda fort close to Hadrian’s Wall #archaeology #RomanBritain
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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♥️ Absolutely love this delicate & alert ivory gazelle, #Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1390–1352 BC, standing on a wooden pedestal with inlaid decoration depicting plants that allude to its semi-desert habitat.

Size: H. 11.6 × W. 9.7 × D. 5 cm
🏛️ Met

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory #art
A delicate ivory gazelle, #Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1390–1352 BC, standing on a wooden pedestal with inlaid decoration depicting plants that allude to its semi-desert habitat. Size: H. 11.6 × W. 9.7 × D. 5 cm
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Wall tiles
c. 1630-50
Probably from Lahore

Seen at -
The Great Mughals:
Art, Architecture and Opulence exhibition.

V & A Museum #London

#TilesOnTuesday
Earthenware with white glaze and underglaze colours, cuerda seca (dry cord) technique.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I was lucky enough to see this amazing medieval tiled pavement on a recent tour at Exeter Cathedral with the Devon Buildings Group.

Uncovered in the room above the chapel of St Andrew and St Catherine during work on the roof.

#TilesOnTuesday #medieval
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍

About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.

From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me

#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
My photo shows a hand-sized, jagged, fragment of Roman red clay tile. There is an impression of a dog’s paw pressed into the clay. The imprint shows four toe pads arranged in an arc above a central pad. Above each toe imprint there is a small indent made by the dog’s claws. The imprint was made when the paw pressed into soft clay when the clay tile was laid out in the yard before firing. The tile fragment is set against a blue display case background. Excavated at Richborough Roman fort. My photo was taken in 2020.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Next Portable Antiquities day in Aberystwyth will be happening on 13th December in the National Library of Wales.

I'll be there along with the super knowledgeable @archaedelle.bsky.social 🥳

@findsorguk.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing what's been discovered in the region! 🧐
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of decorative Roman cavalry horse chamfrons from @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social until people start blocking me.

Have some.

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Red leather decorated Roman cavalry horse face mask armour on chamfron. Modern mosaic of a red horse chamfron. Tan leather decorated Roman cavalry horse face mask armour on chamfron. Mosaic of a tan horse chamfron.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Encountered during a walk along the River Wandle last week - floor tiles in the Merton Abbey Wheelhouse, apparently based on originals in Westminster Abbey. My 📷 #TilesonTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Today's knowledge commons free download "Vikings' Settlements in Ireland Before 1014" (2014) #ireland #vikings #medievalsky #history #archaeology
works.hcommons.org/records/4ae7...
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire

www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity
A team of Spanish researchers has presented the discovery of an extraordinary object from the Roman period that sheds light on the history of ancient Cartagena (southeastern Spain). It is a metal cont...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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A helmet of a Thraex (Thracian) #gladiator found in the gladiatorial barracks in #Pompeii.
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3

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🏺 #archaeology
A bronze gladiator helmet displayed in a museum case, featuring a high crest topped with a sculpted griffin and a relief of a woman’s face on the forehead. The helmet has wide, flaring cheek guards and a lattice-style face grille with circular cutouts, all shown under soft gallery lighting.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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A bonus post for this #MosaicMonday. Ever puzzled over why Neptune has crab claws and Oceanus has a trident in some RB mosaics? My thoughts have just been published in the latest Journal of Mosaic Research. Open access, so feel free to enjoy! 1/2

dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmr/i...
Journal of Mosaic Research » Makale » Neptune and Oceanus in Romano-British Mosaics: A Special Case?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Part of the interior of Unstan Neolithic Chambered Cairn on Orkney. Some 30 bowl fragments were discovered during excavation which gave rise to the pottery type ‘Unstan Ware’. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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What a gorgeous #Greek rhyton in the form of a #donkey's head! Dating ca. 450 BC.
Vessels such as this one were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, the content had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down

📷 Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

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Ancient Greek ceramic vessel shaped like a donkey’s head, with a black-glazed flaring rim decorated with figures and patterns, and a curved handle.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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A Roman glass funerary urn that was found during excavations in the Botchergate area of Carlisle. Dating to the 1st century AD, the urn can be viewed in Carlisle Cathedral’s treasury. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #CarlisleCathedral
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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#FindsFriday!
An arrowhead made of #meteorite iron: around 1,500 BC, a meteorite struck #Estonia. A fragment of it arrived - presumably in the baggage of an amber trader - at what is now Lake Biel, #Switzerland. An arrowhead was then made there from the cosmic iron.
From Mörigen, 900-800 BC.

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A corroded metal arrowhead displayed upright on a thin stand. The triangular point is heavily weathered and rough, with two short side barbs extending from the base. Its surface shows a mottled texture of rust and mineral deposits, giving it an uneven, pitted appearance
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*

There, fixed that headline for you

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
Roman coin find in Dorset field sells for over £16,000
A hoard of 97 Roman coins found in Dorset by metal detectorist Trenton Oliver sold for £16,625 at Noonans Mayfair auction, exceeding estimates.
www.dorsetecho.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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On this stormy L.A. day, this ancient Roman blue glass olla (jar) brings me back to sunnier days and the beach. That effect is created by the application of large 'grains' of opaque yellow and green glass to the body of the jar. 😍 🏺 1/

From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
Stumpy urn-shaped transparent blue glass olla (jar) with a rim that folds out and downwards. On the body of the jar's tapering lower half are large grains of opaque yellow (with a few green) grains of glass. It gives the same effect as sand sticking to a wet glass at the beach. British Museum (1869,0624.30)
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Archaeologists reveal second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Archaeologists reveal second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire
Ca' Foscari University of Venice is co-directing a major international archaeological mission in the Kasserine region of Tunisia. The excavations, focused on the area of ancient Roman Cillium, on the ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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A central reason to visit, surely? Can't beat a museum or gallery animal 😊
A small green and a small yellow glass frog in display cabinet in Scarborough Small brown ceramic sausage dog at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Four ceramic penguins at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Teeny ceramic rabbits at The Ashmolean. I can't remember anything about them other than they were next to the Eye Idols.
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I took a photo of this beautiful boi last year 🧡 incredible, isn’t it!
Are there thousands of us snapping pics of animals in art and museums? Must be a big appreciation club 🤩 here is my less than refined, but cute anyway, little pup I found in V&A, London (I think 🤔)
Small primitive clay animal figurine (probably a dog) that looks like he is smiling ~ on a glass museum shelf
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM