@[email protected] Thanks for this lead, which has introduced me to a whole class of informative artefacts!
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#TIL about Roman military diplomas from https://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryDiploma1a.html (fascinating, highly recommended) - & the etymology of 'diploma', "folded in two"! https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek
#Roman #MilitaryHistory #archaeology #RomanHistory @[email protected]
@[email protected] Could you please give us a bit more info on the original text & translation, materials, location of the artefact, etc? perhaps in Alt-text?
This sounds intriguing, but why would a diploma be inscribed in ?metal/stone? What was the qualification achieved? Why would it simultaneously mention citizenship? ... etc?
@[email protected] Interesting find! More info here:
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24157161.viking-sword-puled-river-cherwell-authenticated/
#Viking #sword #Enslow #Cherwell #Oxford
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@[email protected] The Roman find is interesting! & thanks for drawing my attention to the medieval shipyard & the excavations of recent decades:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/smallhythe-place/the-port-community-of-smallhythe-place
#Roman #Mercury #pipeclay #medieval #shipyard #Smallhythe #Kent @[email protected] @[email protected]
@[email protected] I posted a link to this on #Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/clairefromclare.bsky.social/post/3l6yj4nxyts2r