For #PhallusThursday a very intriguing assemblage of objects from @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social collections discovered none other by #BasilBrown in 1937. This #Roman face pot was deposited with three phallic belt-mounts suggesting some form of ritual deposit...perhaps with a military connection?

Something slightly left-field for #MosaicMonday. This 'mosaic' #Roman bead @colmuseums.bsky.social belongs to a rather unusual burial assemblage of items known as crepundia - amuletic, noise-making objects acquired during childhood or perhaps even over a lifetime

For #FindsFriday a lamp depicting a 'fallen' #galdiator found as part of a #Roman burial assemblage from #Colchester. Currently on loan to @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social. Been having lots of interesting chats this morning with @belovedofoizys.bsky.social about these for an exciting upcoming project!

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

#GladiatorsOfBritain soon to begin its tour of the country kicking off in Dorset. Here are a few of the amazing @colmuseums.bsky.social #Roman collections that are part of this #BritishMuseum partnership exhibition. Amazing project to be working on for two years with fantastic teams at the BM

For #FindsFriday a snapshot of one of the most amazing #Roman burial groups from Britain. The Child’s Grave figurines @colmuseums.bsky.social We’ve commissioned new photography for #MattFittock and his forthcoming book!

A double treat for #PhallusThursday. This rather unusual phallic charm from Somersham features a winged phallus atop another smaller grounded phallus. It balances perfectly. A great discovery in @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social #Roman collections

The infamous Lion Walk Mosaic from Colchester. With a chequered history, this cat has used up several of his nine lives #MosaicMonday

This week have been getting my head back into @colmuseums.bsky.social #VaneerOfEmpire project, researching #Roman marble and decorative stonework from Colchester. With Penny Coombe and Kevin Hayward we’re reassessing the largest assemblage of polychrome marble from Roman Britain #FindsFriday

A late #FindsFriday and a first in the new place. Working on @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social #Roman collections last week found tracked down this lovely #gladiator lamp. Not a lot of provenance information and going by some of the other collections, and a general ‘feel’, don’t think it’s a Suffolk find…