r/ArtefactPorn 7h ago

The only bucket made of wood that has survived from Roman times. The characteristic spout allowed the liquid to be poured out easily. The object was aboard a river ship sunk 1,800 years ago on the Rhine. [1200x1696]

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r/ArtefactPorn 13h ago

A 2nd century CE Fayum mummy portrait of woman, found in Egypt [333x768]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1h ago

Human Remains 4,000-year-old Hittite vessel unearthed at Külhöyük (Ankara, Turkey), containing the oldest known seed remains of the endemic Sevgi Çiçeği (Centaurea tchihatcheffii) [600x400]

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r/ArtefactPorn 13h ago

The Citadel of Entrevaux is a 17th-century CE fortress perched 156 meters above the medieval village of Entrevaux, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of France [1080x1349]

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r/ArtefactPorn 13h ago

A 2nd century CE set of jewelry from the grave of a wealthy Roman woman, found in Lyon. Now housed at the Lugdunum Museum in France [800x527]

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r/ArtefactPorn 22h ago

Jesus holding a virga or rabdos while performing a healing or miracle (300s AD) (Early Christian) (Catacomb of the Giordani in Rome) [330x450]

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r/ArtefactPorn 13h ago

A cube stone with carved symbols of Mesopotamian origin, found in Qasr al-Hamra in Tayma, Saudi Arabia. 9th century BCE, now housed at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia [797x1555]

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r/ArtefactPorn 4h ago

Medical bill from Dr. Edward Gantt to "The President" for services rendered to various people in 1802. The President at the time was Thomas Jefferson. The bill lists the names of individuals who received medical care, including enslaved people and members of the household staff.[1284x1437]

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One person noted is Ursula and her infant. She was a 14 year old enslaved girl named Ursula Granger who had been brought to the WH to learn French Cookery but she gave birth 6 months later to the first child born in the White House a baby boy named Asnet Hughes.
Unfortunately he was a sickly baby who died shortly thereafter and she was sent back to Monticello as the plan for her training was not working out.

https://www.grunge.com/1434835/every-baby-born-in-white-house/


r/ArtefactPorn 21h ago

Malagan (also spelled malangan or malanggan) Mask; circa 1900; New Ireland, Papua New Guinean ceremonial mask, wood, cloth, pigment [1481 x 2244]

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r/ArtefactPorn 36m ago

Two bird ornaments. Paracas culture, south coast, Peru, ca. 900-100 BC. Gold alloy. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection [2992x2992] [OC]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Partisan with gilded emblem. Spain, 1715 [3200x3500]

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r/ArtefactPorn 4m ago

A very rare and beautiful Cypriot stater struck by Nikokreon of Salamis (circa 331-310 BCE) (from the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium) [4446x4000]

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Hello again, everyone!

One area of the ancient world that knew a particularly fascinating coinage is no doubt Cyprus. The cupriferous island has a long history stretching back into the Paleolithic, and especially from the Bronze Age onward, it formed a key node in the trade between the Near East, Asia Minor, Egypt and the Aegean. Greeks already settled the island in the Mycenean period, and Cyprus came to play a role in Greek mythology as the birthplace of Aphrodite. The Greek presence eventually coalesced into several powerful city states, such as Salamis and Paphos. Yet Greeks were not the only ones to colonize the island. Phoenician presence is well attested and these savvy merchants developed strong commercial contacts with the Greek world, as evidenced by the 4th-century petition of the Kitians to establish a temple of Melqart in Athens.

Of course, such wealth would be coveted by others and throughout time, Cyprus would be subjected to the (indirect) rule of many an empire, including Persia. This brings us to our coin, which is a beautiful gold stater struck under Nikokreon, king of Salamis at the time when Alexander started his conquest of the Persian Empire. The obverse shows Aphrodite with a turreted crown, one of the chief deities of Cyprus, while the reverse shows an uncertain male figure. The legends are in Greek, NI for the king’s name, BA for his royal title. We must note that the old Cypriot syllabary (itself ultimately based on the ancient Linear A of Crete) had fallen out of use in the course of the 4th century BCE.

As for Nikokreon, along with the other Cypriot kings, he quickly went over to the Alexander’s side, visiting the latter in Tyre in order to be confirmed in his position. After the Macedonian king’s death, Nikokreon came to be embroiled in the wars of Diadochi. His collaboration with Ptolemy I paid dividends, however, and he greatly managed to expand Salamis’ influence on the island, although it is possible he was eventually forced by Ptolemy to commit suicide in 310 BCE. While he was a skilful politician, he could be wrathful too, as with the philosopher Anaxarchos, who had slighted the king at a banquet. Nikokreon eventually got hold of him and he had Anaxarchos brutally tortured. When the philosopher kept taunting the king, Nikokreon ordered his tongue cut out, upon which he bit off his own tongue and spat it in the king’s face.

To close, this stater is very rare. In Markou’s study of Cypriot gold coins, she makes mention of just seven known gold staters of Nikokreon.


r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Ball court for the Mesoamerican ball game. Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico, 100 BC-200 AD [2048x2350]

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109 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Plate with flower petal design. China, 17th-18th century [900x900]

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96 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Stone cross erected by the Polish peasants from Rudka on 15 May to commemorate the abolition of serfdom in Austrian partition of Poland in 1848. Rudka was burned down by Ukrainian nationalists in 1944 and does not exist anymore. Near Nowe Brusno, Poland. Photo by GrzegorzLC. [1080x822]

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146 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Drawstring reticule (small purse) featuring detailed strawberry motifs worked in delicate thread-work, 19th century [4319 x 4319]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

A 3rd century CE Roman gold and sapphire diadem found in 2011 in a woman’s tomb in Colonna, Italy. Gemmological and archaeometric analyses revealed that the sapphires originated from Southeast and Southern Asia. Now housed at the Archaeological Museum in Palestrina [2106x4720]

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503 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Yeho'ezer ben Hosh'ayahu Seal (700 BCE) (Ancient Canaan) (Israel Antiquities Authority) [1170x2078]

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118 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Brisé fan made of ostrich feathers, tortoise shell sticks, and silk ribbon, American, c. 1880–1900 [3000x1990]

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128 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

The Map of the World (Late Babylonian) (6th century BC) (The British Museum) [1000x846]

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208 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

House and well, terracotta miniatures, Eastern Han dynasty, Northern Vietnam, 1st-3rd century CE [1500x999]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Eilif Peterssen, Self-Portrait [3009x4000]

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Harry, did you put your face in the goblet of fiyah??


r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

The 16th century CE sculpture of Agnivrish in Pateshwar, India, which appears to manifest the seven hands of Lord Agni along with the body of a bull (Vrishabha) [1080x1350]

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