Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A #Roman glass bottle in the shape of a #fish.
Only a small number of mould blown fish-shaped bottle such as this one are known, they were produced in a workshop in the eastern Mediterranean, probably in Syria. We don't know what...1/3
....these bottles were used for, perhaps the shape relates to the content (garum/fish sauce).

Found in a burial in the necropolis of Zadar-Relja, dating 1st/2nd c. AD. 2/2

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Jan 12, 2021
#Roman inscriptions can make history individual and personal. Many are not merely an abstract description, but rather a close encounter with the everyday life of the people of that time. A good example can be found in this votive altar: 1/5

#EpigraphyTuesday #RomanArchaeology
It was set up by the merchant Lucius Licinius Divixtus for the Boni Casses, fulfilling a vow after he survived a shipping accident. The Boni Casses were probably Celtic or Germanic deities, who were supposed to protect travellers. 2/5
IN H(onorem) D(omus) D(ivinae)/BONIS CASSIBV[S]/EO QVOD POS[T]//SVMMERSAMM/BON(a)E SALVT[I]/SIT REDDITV[S]/ET SVI(s) L(ucius) LICINIV[S]/DIVIXTV[S]/NEGOTIATO[R]/EX VOTO POSV(it)/ABBINO/ET MAXIMO/CO(n)S(ulibus) L(aetus) L(ibens) M(erito) 3/5
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