@garstangmuseum.bsky.social#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
@garstangmuseum.bsky.social#ObjectoftheDay, is this stone #scarab which has an image of a #baboon on the back. The other side depicts a number of different #animals, including a #fish and a #gazelle, as well as a wadjet-eye. This scarab comes from the ancient Sudanese #settlement of #Meroë. E.1035
@garstangmuseum.bsky.social#ObjectoftheDay is this #Mycenaean Linear B clay tablet. Linear B was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of #Greek. This type of script was found mainly in the #palace archives at #Knossos & Khaniá in Crete, & Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes, & Tiryns in Greece.
C.591
@garstangmuseum.bsky.socialOur #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian faience amulet of the god Re-Horakhty depicted as a falcon with a sun disk. Although difficult to gage on the photo this artefact is really tiny, yet incredibly detailed!
E.9141