M. Komatus
@m-komatus.bsky.social
Klassischer Archäologe (Pos-Doc) an der UTokyo (JP). Promotion (Uni. Freiburg) Mitarbeit am Forschungsprojekt Arx4. Neuauflage und grundlegende Neubearbeitung von Arx Anthenarum (Aufl. 3 1901)
M. Komatsu, Bemerkung zum Gemälde des Theseus beim Besuch auf dem Meeresgrund im Theseion, Thetis Mannheimer Beiträge zur Archäologie und Geschichte der antiken Mittekmeerkulturen, 2024, 29, 27–38
Pdf: www.academia.edu/144147230/Be...
Pdf: www.academia.edu/144147230/Be...
Bemerkung zum Gemälde des Theseus beim Besuch auf dem Meeresgrund im Theseion
According to previous studies, the painting depicting Theseus visiting the seabed in the Theseion at the Athenian Agora was likely intended to symbolize Athens’ hegemony or dominance (archē) within th...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
M. Komatsu, Bemerkung zum Gemälde des Theseus beim Besuch auf dem Meeresgrund im Theseion, Thetis Mannheimer Beiträge zur Archäologie und Geschichte der antiken Mittekmeerkulturen, 2024, 29, 27–38
Pdf: www.academia.edu/144147230/Be...
Pdf: www.academia.edu/144147230/Be...
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Save the date! Late October @roelkonijn.bsky.social is giving a lecture and a workshop. #AncientHistory #MilitaryHistory
August 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Save the date! Late October @roelkonijn.bsky.social is giving a lecture and a workshop. #AncientHistory #MilitaryHistory
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Unity vs Idiosyncrasy
This volume explores new perspectives on the interplay between local law and legal coherence in ancient Greece from Archaic to Hellenistic times.
Fully available in #OA! #openaccess #lawhistory #ancientgreece
📖 doi.org/10.7788/9783...
This volume explores new perspectives on the interplay between local law and legal coherence in ancient Greece from Archaic to Hellenistic times.
Fully available in #OA! #openaccess #lawhistory #ancientgreece
📖 doi.org/10.7788/9783...
August 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Unity vs Idiosyncrasy
This volume explores new perspectives on the interplay between local law and legal coherence in ancient Greece from Archaic to Hellenistic times.
Fully available in #OA! #openaccess #lawhistory #ancientgreece
📖 doi.org/10.7788/9783...
This volume explores new perspectives on the interplay between local law and legal coherence in ancient Greece from Archaic to Hellenistic times.
Fully available in #OA! #openaccess #lawhistory #ancientgreece
📖 doi.org/10.7788/9783...
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Magna Carta at Harvard dates to the Year 1300, historians find.
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Magna Carta at Harvard dates to the Year 1300, historians find - Medievalists.net
Detailed comparison and imaging techniques confirm Harvard manuscript as one of seven surviving versions from Edward I’s 1300 issue.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Magna Carta at Harvard dates to the Year 1300, historians find.
www.medievalists.net/2025/05/magn...
www.medievalists.net/2025/05/magn...
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A highlight of early Hellenistic Taranto is the stunning terracotta group of Orpheus and the Sirens, recently returned from the Getty to Italy. While striking, their original setting, possibly on a funerary monument, remains a mystery.
Taranto, late 4th c. BCE, 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺
Taranto, late 4th c. BCE, 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺
May 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A highlight of early Hellenistic Taranto is the stunning terracotta group of Orpheus and the Sirens, recently returned from the Getty to Italy. While striking, their original setting, possibly on a funerary monument, remains a mystery.
Taranto, late 4th c. BCE, 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺
Taranto, late 4th c. BCE, 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺
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A Greek terracotta aryballos, a vessel used for holding oil, in the shape of a #hare hanging by its front paws, from Rhodes, circa 550 BC.
On display at Antikensammlung München
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
On display at Antikensammlung München
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
April 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A Greek terracotta aryballos, a vessel used for holding oil, in the shape of a #hare hanging by its front paws, from Rhodes, circa 550 BC.
On display at Antikensammlung München
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
On display at Antikensammlung München
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
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Fantastically productive morning with colleagues working on wine-related material at the British Museum 🍇🍷 🏺 #Classicsbluesky
(so-called) psykters galore!
(so-called) psykters galore!
April 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Fantastically productive morning with colleagues working on wine-related material at the British Museum 🍇🍷 🏺 #Classicsbluesky
(so-called) psykters galore!
(so-called) psykters galore!
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Comme rencontrer de vieux amis... - à Munich
March 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Comme rencontrer de vieux amis... - à Munich
パウサニアスの邦訳を片手にコリントス遺跡を歩いた。
March 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
パウサニアスの邦訳を片手にコリントス遺跡を歩いた。
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May I ask if any of you have experimented with digital workflows for measuring Munsell colour codes from photographs? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. #archaeology 🏺AncientBlueSky photo: Hannes Grobe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
March 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
May I ask if any of you have experimented with digital workflows for measuring Munsell colour codes from photographs? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. #archaeology 🏺AncientBlueSky photo: Hannes Grobe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Barnaby Brown demonstrates new-cut aulos
March 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Barnaby Brown demonstrates new-cut aulos
Send back my proof to the editorial office of the journal Thetis.
March 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Send back my proof to the editorial office of the journal Thetis.
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We all need a timeline cleanse right now...
An adorable #Greek rhyton in the shape of a cow's head. 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
Dating ca. 460 BC
📷Metropolitan Museum
🏺
An adorable #Greek rhyton in the shape of a cow's head. 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
Dating ca. 460 BC
📷Metropolitan Museum
🏺
January 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We all need a timeline cleanse right now...
An adorable #Greek rhyton in the shape of a cow's head. 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
Dating ca. 460 BC
📷Metropolitan Museum
🏺
An adorable #Greek rhyton in the shape of a cow's head. 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
Dating ca. 460 BC
📷Metropolitan Museum
🏺
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Attic black-figure skyphos depicting a woman riding a lion & facing a monster, which the label calls a “guinea fowl with the head of a donkey,” but @carlyasilver.bsky.social & I would rather see as a giant killer rabbit.
515-500 BCE, MFA Boston
515-500 BCE, MFA Boston
December 29, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Attic black-figure skyphos depicting a woman riding a lion & facing a monster, which the label calls a “guinea fowl with the head of a donkey,” but @carlyasilver.bsky.social & I would rather see as a giant killer rabbit.
515-500 BCE, MFA Boston
515-500 BCE, MFA Boston