AshLI: A three year project to fall in love again with the Ashmolean Latin Inscription collection.
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Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project web catalogue launched latininscriptions.ashmus.ox.… @AshmoleanLatin – at New Haven, CT
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#Christian & #Jewish inscriptions included (especially from Wilshire collection) in new @AshmoleanLatin inscriptions database for @AshmoleanMuseum epigraphic collection (#Oxford):
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Have a browse round our catalogue and tweet us your favourite objects. I love these panpipes: latininscriptions.ashmus.ox.…
I've also got a soft spot for this fragment: ...SERVI...FECERUNT... Even though most of the inscription is missing it stands as a reminder of how much was done by slaves in the ancient world. latininscriptions.ashmus.ox.…
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ooh one of my favourite pieces on the Ashmolean Latin insciptions database is this lamp made for the saecular games! bit.ly/2tueArs @W_Epigraphy @AshmoleanMuseum @AshmoleanLatin
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Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project catalogue latininscriptions.ashmus.ox.…: 460 inscriptions - images, RTI, sound files; resources for teachers: real Latin inscriptions to teach Latin language, Classical Civilisation and primary school history topics: latininscriptions.ashmus.ox.…
New blog post: find out what we've been doing with those gorgeous replicas: blogs.ashmolean.org/latinins…
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New publication: Cooley, ‘Latin inscriptions in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, ZPE 205 (2018) 253-67 - unpublished inscriptions + new readings from the
@AshmoleanLatin Inscriptions project.
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Finished 4 copies of classical Roman objects for @AshmoleanLatin - an altar, a slingshot bullet, a stamp & the epitaph of Alexander from the 3rd-4th c. AD. Says, 'Alexander, beef-seller from the market, who lived thirty years, good soul, friend of all, you sleep amongst the just'
Looking for some Sunday night viewing? See Prof. Alison Cooley talk to @bettanyhughes about the obscene sling bullet from Perugia in Eight Days that Made Rome my5.tv/eight-days-that-made-…
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A replica Roman Drag11 Arretine Samian pottery bowl made for the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, fresh from the kiln
Great to see these. We're really looking forward to using them in our art and handling sessions for adults with learning disabilities. xitter.cf/Pottedhistory/status/9…
A Roman pottery lamp with New Year's greetings, that I'm making for @AshmoleanLatin @AshmoleanMuseum: The archaetype (lower left) that made the mould (right) and the lamp fresh from the mould. #Archaeology #Experimental
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Using an archetype to make a mould for a replica Roman oil lamp, in exactly the same way that the original Potter would have done 2000 years ago. Mass production in the ancient world. #Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology
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Two part Roman pottery oil lamp mould, made in authentic fashion using a solid ceramic archetype pressed into soft terracotta clay. #archaeology
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Roman Samian /Arretine Ware pottery form Dr11 fresh from the mould, with the foot add on the wheel. #Archaeology #Latin
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So it begins; stamping decoration into a mould for Roman Samian/Arretine Ware, using ceramic punches #Archaeology #Pottery
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Stamped decoration in a mould that I'm preparing for Roman Samian/Arretine Ware pottery #Archaeology
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Roman oil lamp archetype ready for mould making. Latin New Year greeting #Archaeology #Pottery
