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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 21h

This digitised glass plate #negative was taken in 1907 by Garstang during his #survey of #Anatolia. The #photo shows a carved stone giant headless #eagle lying on its side by a satchel and a rifle on a hill in Yamoola, (Yemliha, #Turkey).
JG/HIT/YA/2

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

#TBT to the summer of 2023 & a visit from Ruth, a PhD candidate at the @livancworlds.bsky.social , @liverpooluni.bsky.social analysing this ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom box coffin belonging to the soldier Userhet. Ruth is using XRF to determine the composition of the paint .

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 3d

🏺📜 Next month! I’ll be giving a talk about my recent work with @garstangmuseum.bsky.social at the Society for Museum Archaeology Conference in Liverpool. You can get tickets at the link below.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/society-fo...

An orange coloured graphic with two boxes of text.

In the top box it reads, “Join us for the Society for Museum Archaeology Annual Conference in Liverpool, 13-14 November 2025!
Help us celebrate our anniversary - find out what has changed, what has not, and explore the world of museum archaeology today...”

In the box below this one it reads, “Meet our Speakers! Alex Fitzpatrick,
COLLECTIONS INFORMATION & ACCESS DEVELOPER, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL. Interdisciplinary museums researcher and archaeologist currently developing new ways of making distributed collections more visible and accessible to others through digital and hybrid means.”

To the left of this text is a photo of me, an East Asian woman in her thirties with black shaggy hair and fringe, a white blouse on, and large square glasses.

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian wooden statuette of an unnamed man striding forward, a symbol of eternal vitality. It was #excavated at Abydos & it can be stylistically dated to the 12th Dynasty and identified as a Ka-statue, which were placed in tombs to receive offerings. E.7082

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

This digitised glass plate #negative shows #ancientEgyptian #clappers. They were made from #ivory and were most likely used in religious rituals. The original #photograph was taken by Garstang during his #excavations at #Abydos.

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

#OnThisDay in 382CE, the #Roman #Emperor Theodosius signed a treaty with the Visigoths which granted them lands between the Lower Danube and the Balkans. The obverse of this #gold #solidus minted in #Constantinople shows a bust of Theodosius. It dates to the period of 378-383CE. CC.1239

Roman gold solidus showing the bust of Emperor Theodosius

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

#ObjectoftheDay is this fragment of terracotta revetment from Auletes, Italy. Dated to the 1st century BCE it shows volutes & palmettes, below which is the head of the god Pan playing the pipes. God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. C.592

Fragment of terracotta revetment showing volutes and palmettes, below which is the head of the ancient god Pan playing the pipes

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 12d

We are excited to announce the next phase of refurbishment work at the Museum. The works are part of our AHRC RICHeS project, in partnership with National Museums Liverpool. To facilitate the building work, the Garstang Museum will be closed from 29 September until 10 October.

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 14d

This digitised glass plate negative photograph taken in 1905 during Garstang’s excavations in Nubia shows the village near the Temple of Dakka, dedicated to the god Thoth. In the 1960s during the construction of the Aswan dam the temple was moved to the site of Wadi es-Sebua. JG/K/3/6/3

Digitised glass plate negative showing the general view of the village near the Temple of Dakka

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 16d

We are changing things up, and today instead of #Thursdaythought we present #ThursdayThoth 😃 So we are sharing a #photo of this tiny #ancientEgyptian faience #amulet of #Thoth, who was the #god of the #moon, #learning, and #writing.
E.9241

Faience amulet of the ancient Egyptian god Thoth

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 18d

#OnThisDay in 63 BCE the future Roman emperor Augustus was born . In 27 BCE, he was awarded the title of ‘Augustus’ and was proclaimed ‘Princeps Senatus’ the ‘First Man’ in the Roman senate. This silver denarius shows the laureate head of Augustus on its obverse.

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 20d

This #digitised glass plate #negative shows #ancientEgyptian #MiddleKingdom #wooden #models engaged in a combination of #butchery, #baking and #brewing. The original #photo was taken sometime between 1902 and 1904 by Garstang during his #excavations at the #necropolis of Beni Hasan.

Ancient Egyptian wooden models engaged in a combination of butchery, baking and brewing

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 22d

#FindsFriday is for this #ancientEgyptian #MiddleKingdom #statuette of a #female holding her #baby. Carved from a single piece of hardwood and was plastered over and then painted. The black and white image shows the artefact after it was excavated at the ancient Egyptian site of Abydos. E.7081

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 24d

#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek (and more specifically #Corinthian) #aryballos. It has black and purple #paint #decoration on white ground. This type of #vessel would have been used to store #perfume or #oil. The date of the aryballos pictured here is between 625-600 BCE.
C.633
#museum

Ancient Greek/Corinthian aryballos. It has black and purple paint decoration on white ground

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 26d

Come and visit us! We are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00 😊

#open #visit #campuslife #UniversityofLiverpool #museum

Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 28d

Our #objectoftheday is this damaged part of a black #granite #statue. Only the torso and right shoulder remain as well as a column at the back of the fragment. Similar in form to Napatan/early Meroitic statues of #kings and #gods.
E.723
#museum

Right shoulder and torso of a black granite statue.

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 11

This digitised glass plate #negative shows steps leading up to an inscribed wall discovered at site 250 (#Sun #Temple). The original #photo was taken in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese settlement of #Meroë.
JG/M/F/6

Steps leading up to an inscribed wall discovered at site 250 (Sun Temple) at the ncient Sudanese settlement of Meroë.

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 9

#OnThisDay in 214 CE #Roman #emperor Aurelian was born. He reigned from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century & reunited the Roman Empire. This copper alloy #denarius shows Aurelian wearing laurel wreath and military garb on its obverse. On the reverse is the #goddess #Victory. CC.745

Obverse of an ancient Roman copper alloy denarius showing emperor Aurelian wearing laurel wreath and military garb

Reverse of copper alloy coin of emperor Aurelian showing the goddess Victory

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today’s digitised glass plate negative shows an ancient Egyptian dagger. The image was taken during Garstang’s excavations at the site of Abydos and shows this copper alloyed dagger with elaborate handle.

#ancientegypt #dagger #glassplatenegative #image #Abydos #museum

Copper alloyed dagger with elaborate handle

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 5

#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek #pyxis with a separate lid. Made from unglazed yellow clay but decorated with abstract incisions across the body and lid. Likely used to hold small #trinkets, #jewellery, and #cosmetics. This type of object might have been given to women as wedding gifts.
C.758

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s #wackyhatwednesday so we are sharing the obverse image of this ancient Roman silver denarius. The image depicts the goddess Roma wearing a helmet.

CC.341

#roman #coin #silver #denarius #goddess #Roma #helmet #museum

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 1

Come and visit us! We are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00!

#museumvisit #visitliverpool #UniversityofLiverpool

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 30

For #caturday we are sharing this tiny ancient Egyptian faience lion. It can be dated to the Late or the Ptolemaic Periods.

E.9333

#ancientegypt #faience #lion #museum

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 28

Last seen stashing some acorns in the archives...!🐿️🏛️

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 28

This digitised glass plate negative shows the site of R70 at Reqaqnah with an inscribed door jamb in situ at the south entrance of a mastaba tomb. The image was taken during the 1901-02 excavations at the site.

JG/R/1/68

#glassplatenegative #archaeology #excavations #mastaba #Tomb #museum

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