Anna Willi
@annabwilli.bsky.social
Curator: Ancient Mediterranean Life at the British Museum. Opinions my own. 📜🏛️🏺
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Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
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Cambridge University Press
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November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
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Some 1,500 years ago, a child was buried with a set of game pieces made of animal bones.
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Some 1,500 years ago, a child was buried with a set of game pieces made of animal bones.
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
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Like a time capsule: a #Roman tile marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where...🧵1/2
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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This is coming up soon! Free lecture and reception, on Friday 10th October. There are still places left - please come along and/or pass onto your networks
Free lecture by Prof Jaś Elsner at Senate House on 10th October. Book on the link below.
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...
Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art
Join one of Britain's leading art historians, Jaś Elsner, for a look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is coming up soon! Free lecture and reception, on Friday 10th October. There are still places left - please come along and/or pass onto your networks
Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood
Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan
Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term for 12 months
£36,396 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
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If you'd like to find out about the Classical Collections Network here is our website. It's free to join and open to anyone who cares for/about classical collections in UK museums
classicalcollectionsnetwork.co.uk
classicalcollectionsnetwork.co.uk
Classical Collections Network
A Subject Specialist Network
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September 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If you'd like to find out about the Classical Collections Network here is our website. It's free to join and open to anyone who cares for/about classical collections in UK museums
classicalcollectionsnetwork.co.uk
classicalcollectionsnetwork.co.uk
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Timeless humour!
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA.
📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA
#Archaeology
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA.
📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA
#Archaeology
![The photo shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus pen, one below the other. The knib to the left. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The four images show the four lines of inscribed text which read:
‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi
gratum adf(e)ro
acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’
‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’
The pen was used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. Found in London (Roman ‘Londinium’) by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreifzhfymde7cyrv2i7fu7e2v33veporn5rsywwi2rqdgswkxpj6xre@jpeg)
September 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Timeless humour!
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA.
📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA
#Archaeology
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA.
📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA
#Archaeology
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Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now. @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/60683
academic.oup.com/book/60683
July 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now. @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/60683
academic.oup.com/book/60683
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Are you interested in writing and its visual appearance and/or visibility? If so, please consider sending an abstract for our conference! CFP deadline 5th September 2025, dates of conference 26th-29th March 2026.
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Writing As Visual Engagement
WAVE 2 26th-29th March 2026, Cambridge Following last year’s successful first conference, Writing As Visual Experience (WAVE), we are excited to announce the Call For Papers for our second conferen…
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July 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Are you interested in writing and its visual appearance and/or visibility? If so, please consider sending an abstract for our conference! CFP deadline 5th September 2025, dates of conference 26th-29th March 2026.
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Last year I ended my project about Roman stylus tablets, which was funded by the @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de, early – for my dream job. But before I did, we filmed a series of short videos about the project, and the first episode is now live. (English Version available) ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#ancientbluesky🏺
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#ancientbluesky🏺
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Schreiben wie die alten Römer: Mit Unterstützung der @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de erforscht Dr. Anna Willi die Materialität römischer Wachstäfelchen. Was uns die unscheinbaren Tafeln verraten, erzählt sie in der ersten Episode unserer Videoreihe. lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/tabulae_cera...
May 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Last year I ended my project about Roman stylus tablets, which was funded by the @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de, early – for my dream job. But before I did, we filmed a series of short videos about the project, and the first episode is now live. (English Version available) ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#ancientbluesky🏺
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Dorset Museum @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social is fundraising to acquire, conserve and display the Bronze Age *Crichel Hoard*
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which includes a twisted gold ribbon torc
Fundraising details here:
www.dorsetmuseum.org/the-crichel-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
which includes a twisted gold ribbon torc
Fundraising details here:
www.dorsetmuseum.org/the-crichel-...
Crichel Hoard: Dorset Museum to acquire Bronze Age gold
Dorset Museum is raising £9,000 to acquire the 3,000-year-old Crichel Hoard of gold ornaments.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dorset Museum @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social is fundraising to acquire, conserve and display the Bronze Age *Crichel Hoard*
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
which includes a twisted gold ribbon torc
Fundraising details here:
www.dorsetmuseum.org/the-crichel-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
which includes a twisted gold ribbon torc
Fundraising details here:
www.dorsetmuseum.org/the-crichel-...
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CfP: The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum: Pasts and Futures
A conference exploring the past impact and future potential of the Museum’s ancient Mediterranean collections, in-person in Senate House 25 - 27 Feb 2026. Abstracts (300 words max) due Mon 16 Jun 2025.
https://bit.ly/4lCkltp
A conference exploring the past impact and future potential of the Museum’s ancient Mediterranean collections, in-person in Senate House 25 - 27 Feb 2026. Abstracts (300 words max) due Mon 16 Jun 2025.
https://bit.ly/4lCkltp
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum: Pasts and Futures
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April 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
CfP: The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum: Pasts and Futures
A conference exploring the past impact and future potential of the Museum’s ancient Mediterranean collections, in-person in Senate House 25 - 27 Feb 2026. Abstracts (300 words max) due Mon 16 Jun 2025.
https://bit.ly/4lCkltp
A conference exploring the past impact and future potential of the Museum’s ancient Mediterranean collections, in-person in Senate House 25 - 27 Feb 2026. Abstracts (300 words max) due Mon 16 Jun 2025.
https://bit.ly/4lCkltp
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Apply for our Alexander the Great AHRC PhD opportunity with The British Museum: "Disruption and Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Alexander the Great Through the Material Culture of the Hellenistic World."
Application Deadline: 17:00 (UK time) 15 May 2025
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2239...
Application Deadline: 17:00 (UK time) 15 May 2025
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2239...
AHRC CDP – Disruption and Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Alexander the Great Through the Material Culture of the Hellenistic World
Project opportunity - AHRC CDP – Disruption and Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Alexander the Great Through the Material Culture of the Hellenistic World at the University of Leeds
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April 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Apply for our Alexander the Great AHRC PhD opportunity with The British Museum: "Disruption and Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Alexander the Great Through the Material Culture of the Hellenistic World."
Application Deadline: 17:00 (UK time) 15 May 2025
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2239...
Application Deadline: 17:00 (UK time) 15 May 2025
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2239...
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Delighted that the volume ‘Empire and Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878–1960’, edited by Thomas Kiely, Lindy Crewe, and me, is now available open access. Huge thanks to all our contributors: www.sidestone.com/books/empire...
Empire and excavation @ Sidestone Press
The modern discipline of archaeology developed in tandem with the expansion of European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Cyprus, ruled by Britain between 1878 and 1960, is a fascinating exa...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Delighted that the volume ‘Empire and Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878–1960’, edited by Thomas Kiely, Lindy Crewe, and me, is now available open access. Huge thanks to all our contributors: www.sidestone.com/books/empire...
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Monumental three-volume Handbook of Epigraphic Cultures to be published by De Gruyter, early next year hopefully. Open Access eBook! Includes chapters on Khitan and Tangut epigraphy.
![Flyer publicizing two forthcoming Handbooks on Material Text Culture from De Gruyter: Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament [ISBN 978-3-11-141107-1] and Handbook of Epigraphic Cultures (3 volumes) [ISBN 978-3-11-124094-7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v2mqh7dhocngomglc7mhl6g/bafkreieitzyb7auatvu2bfnkhs4cku2qwjdimhiu37ypjaixtoc44wvpty@jpeg)
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Monumental three-volume Handbook of Epigraphic Cultures to be published by De Gruyter, early next year hopefully. Open Access eBook! Includes chapters on Khitan and Tangut epigraphy.
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Final hours of install before press descend on #GladiatorsOfBritain @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social One of the amazing BM objects is this #Roman lamp with a personalised name written into the wet clay - Gaius Maximus. A rare instance of a named #gladiator, or perhaps a fan of this retiarius? #FindsFriday
January 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Final hours of install before press descend on #GladiatorsOfBritain @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social One of the amazing BM objects is this #Roman lamp with a personalised name written into the wet clay - Gaius Maximus. A rare instance of a named #gladiator, or perhaps a fan of this retiarius? #FindsFriday
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Children loved to play with toys in #Roman times too: some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta with a rider on wheels. It was certainly a much-loved which the child was also supposed to play with in the afterlife.
📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
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📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
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December 12, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Children loved to play with toys in #Roman times too: some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta with a rider on wheels. It was certainly a much-loved which the child was also supposed to play with in the afterlife.
📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
🏺 AncientBluesky
📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
🏺 AncientBluesky
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The beauty of an attempt to erase stuff in clay is that it can leave behind ancient smeared and smudged fingerprints.
This tablet from Uruk, dated to the 600s BCE (or later), might be a school exercise text showing some partially erased cuneiform signs collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
This tablet from Uruk, dated to the 600s BCE (or later), might be a school exercise text showing some partially erased cuneiform signs collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
December 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM
The beauty of an attempt to erase stuff in clay is that it can leave behind ancient smeared and smudged fingerprints.
This tablet from Uruk, dated to the 600s BCE (or later), might be a school exercise text showing some partially erased cuneiform signs collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
This tablet from Uruk, dated to the 600s BCE (or later), might be a school exercise text showing some partially erased cuneiform signs collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
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rather the Venetic alphabet, borrowed from & closely related to the north Etruscan alphabet, but with punctuation and additional signs to represent sounds present in Venetic (an Indo-European language) but not in Etruscan. This is a (4th-2nd c. BCE) votive model of a school exercise tablet... (1/5)🏺
Etruscan Alphabet Tablet (5th Century BC) on bronze sheet with engraved sequences of letters, found from Este, among the votive objects from the Sanctuary of Reithia (Veneto region, Italy).
Archaeological Museum of Este, Padua, Italy
#archaeohistories
Archaeological Museum of Este, Padua, Italy
#archaeohistories
November 17, 2024 at 7:40 PM
rather the Venetic alphabet, borrowed from & closely related to the north Etruscan alphabet, but with punctuation and additional signs to represent sounds present in Venetic (an Indo-European language) but not in Etruscan. This is a (4th-2nd c. BCE) votive model of a school exercise tablet... (1/5)🏺
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📣 Call for Articles! 📣
We invite submissions for TALATNA volume 57 (2025). Closing date is the 30th September 2024.
Author guidelines and style guide can be found on our website (talanta.nl). For enquiries and submissions, please contact us via editors@talanta.nl.
We invite submissions for TALATNA volume 57 (2025). Closing date is the 30th September 2024.
Author guidelines and style guide can be found on our website (talanta.nl). For enquiries and submissions, please contact us via editors@talanta.nl.
| TALANTA – Proceedings of the Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society
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April 30, 2024 at 10:39 AM
📣 Call for Articles! 📣
We invite submissions for TALATNA volume 57 (2025). Closing date is the 30th September 2024.
Author guidelines and style guide can be found on our website (talanta.nl). For enquiries and submissions, please contact us via editors@talanta.nl.
We invite submissions for TALATNA volume 57 (2025). Closing date is the 30th September 2024.
Author guidelines and style guide can be found on our website (talanta.nl). For enquiries and submissions, please contact us via editors@talanta.nl.
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[Current Epigraphy] Postgraduate Course in Epigraphy, Rome, June 27th–July 6th 2024 currentepigraphy.org/2023/11/24/p...
November 27, 2023 at 7:36 AM
[Current Epigraphy] Postgraduate Course in Epigraphy, Rome, June 27th–July 6th 2024 currentepigraphy.org/2023/11/24/p...
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November 8, 2023 at 5:42 PM
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Delighted to have this fantastic opportunity to carry out research on early Irish epigraphy, not just ogham but also Latin insular script inscriptions @maynoothuni.bsky.social #EarlyIrish #DigitalEpigraphy #EarlyMedieval
Many congratulations to Dr Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social for her exciting new IRC-SFI Pathway Grant for research on "Early Medieval Irish Script on Stones".🎆🎆🎆
https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-science-engineering/news/mu-researchers-awarded-over-1-million-funding-sfi-and-irc
https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-science-engineering/news/mu-researchers-awarded-over-1-million-funding-sfi-and-irc
MU researchers awarded over €1 million funding by SFI and IRC
Maynooth University researchers are set to receive €1 million to support two projects under the SFI-IRC Pathway programme. The researchers will receive these grants for their work on advances in
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November 3, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Delighted to have this fantastic opportunity to carry out research on early Irish epigraphy, not just ogham but also Latin insular script inscriptions @maynoothuni.bsky.social #EarlyIrish #DigitalEpigraphy #EarlyMedieval