James Heath
@mumblerjamie.bsky.social
BA Classical Civilisations, MA City of Rome. Views my own. Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mumblerjamie/
"Every road does not lead to Rome, but every road in Rome leads to eternity"
"Every road does not lead to Rome, but every road in Rome leads to eternity"
#FrescoFriday from the MANN! We have the Lares and Snakes panel from Pompeii (Regio VII.2/3)
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#FrescoFriday from the MANN! We have the Lares and Snakes panel from Pompeii (Regio VII.2/3)
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday at the Lovure with this portrait of Antinous.
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#ReliefWednesday at the Lovure with this portrait of Antinous.
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Around AD 130
Marble
Modern back, nose, mouth, chin and neck.
Formerly in the Campana Collection
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday with this Altar of Claudia Bassilla from the Capitoline's Domitian exhibition.
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday with this Altar of Claudia Bassilla from the Capitoline's Domitian exhibition.
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The altar was dedicated by Daphnus, Domitian's slave, to his daughter Claudia Bassilla, who died at 7 and a half years of age.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with this mosaic of showing a garum container.
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
#MosaicMonday with this mosaic of showing a garum container.
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Pompeii (VII.16.13)
Scaurus made a fortune from fish sauce. bought a mansion in Pompeii and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday in the MANN!
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#FrescoFriday in the MANN!
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Here we have bows of ships decorated with apotropaic eyes, seen through the arches of an arsenal.
From Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, VI.10.
I think they look very, very sheepish.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesdayat the British Museum's Legion exhibition was this terracotta panel showing Roman soldiers leading distressed prisoners in chains.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#ReliefWednesdayat the British Museum's Legion exhibition was this terracotta panel showing Roman soldiers leading distressed prisoners in chains.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday from Petra Museum!
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday from Petra Museum!
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
This limestone altar has 6 lines of Latin inscribed on 2 sides. It mentions Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (M. AVR. ANTONI), Roman Emperor from AD 161-180.
After the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, Latin was used in Petra.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with birds having a drink, while a feline waits below.
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#MosaicMonday with birds having a drink, while a feline waits below.
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Now in the MANN, discovered in Sant Maria Capua Vetere.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday with this one known as Theseus the Liberator in the MANN!
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#FrescoFriday with this one known as Theseus the Liberator in the MANN!
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From the exedra fo the House of M. Gavius Rufus in Pompeii (VII.2.16-17) it depicts the hero being celebrated by the Athenians after he has slain the Minotaur
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday from Jerash!
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#ReliefWednesday from Jerash!
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
In the North Theatre, on the wall at the end of the cavea, are reliefs, including this aulos-player!
Originally built in the 2nd Century AD, it was restored in the 3rd Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
For #EpigraphyTuesday this week we have this honorary pedestal to Quintus Calpurnius Flavus from Barcelona
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For #EpigraphyTuesday this week we have this honorary pedestal to Quintus Calpurnius Flavus from Barcelona
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Q[VINTO] CALPVRNIO / L[VCI] FIL[IO] GAL[ERIA] / FLAVO / AED[ILI] II VIR[O] FLAM[INI] / ROM[AE] ET AVG[VSTI] / [BARC]IN[ONENSES] EX D[ECVRIONVM] D[ECERETO]
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It's #MosaicMonday! Here we have a scene from the Gladiator Mosaic in Galleria Borghese!
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's #MosaicMonday! Here we have a scene from the Gladiator Mosaic in Galleria Borghese!
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus.
3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday at Palazzo Altemps. Two frescoes here of a man and a woman, date to the circa AD 200 and come from the area fo the Baths of Titus on the Oppian Hill.
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#FrescoFriday at Palazzo Altemps. Two frescoes here of a man and a woman, date to the circa AD 200 and come from the area fo the Baths of Titus on the Oppian Hill.
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
They form part of a set in the Pallavincini Rospigliosi Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday and we have this from the British Museum! While fragmentary it depicts Satyrs working a wine press.
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#ReliefWednesday and we have this from the British Museum! While fragmentary it depicts Satyrs working a wine press.
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
1st Century AD, from the Hamilton collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday at Museo delle Terme with this altar dedicated to Hercules by Tiberius Claudius Onesimus.
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday at Museo delle Terme with this altar dedicated to Hercules by Tiberius Claudius Onesimus.
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
HERCVLI / SANCTO / SACRVM / TI(BERIVS) CLAVDIVS / ONESIMVS D(ONO) D(EDIT)
Dated between AD 31-100, it was found at Vicolo dell'Arsaccio.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with this one of a Panther and other Dionysiac symbols on display in Herculaneum's on-site musem.
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
#MosaicMonday with this one of a Panther and other Dionysiac symbols on display in Herculaneum's on-site musem.
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday From high above the clouds, and under a rainbow, Jupiter, flanked by an eagle, gazes at something a Cupid is pointing out.
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#FrescoFriday From high above the clouds, and under a rainbow, Jupiter, flanked by an eagle, gazes at something a Cupid is pointing out.
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Originally from Herculaneum.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#ReliefWednesday and this comes from Amman's Citadel! It would appear to be a fist holding a stylistic form of lightning bolts. Perhaps Zeus/Jupiter?
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#ReliefWednesday and this comes from Amman's Citadel! It would appear to be a fist holding a stylistic form of lightning bolts. Perhaps Zeus/Jupiter?
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
Currently on a patch of open space near the Temple of Hercules, it may have come from the temple.
#ReliefWednesday
#EpigraphyhTuesday with a milestone cippus from Mt. Nebo Museum.
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#EpigraphyhTuesday with a milestone cippus from Mt. Nebo Museum.
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
It's the 6th Milestone from the Esbous-Livias road. The road was upgraded in the early 3rd Century AD, and therefore the inscription features the name of Caracalla.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday from my Jordan trip. The mosaic of the Diakonikon of the Memorial Church of Moses at Mt. Nebo.
Depicting Hunting Scenes split by a pastoral scene, it was the work of Soel, Kaium and Elijah. It dates to the 6th Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Depicting Hunting Scenes split by a pastoral scene, it was the work of Soel, Kaium and Elijah. It dates to the 6th Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#MosaicMonday from my Jordan trip. The mosaic of the Diakonikon of the Memorial Church of Moses at Mt. Nebo.
Depicting Hunting Scenes split by a pastoral scene, it was the work of Soel, Kaium and Elijah. It dates to the 6th Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Depicting Hunting Scenes split by a pastoral scene, it was the work of Soel, Kaium and Elijah. It dates to the 6th Century AD.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Last week, myself and other professionals from the UK educational trips sector were invited to Jordan by the Tourism Board. We spent a magical 5 days in the country, seeing Jerash, Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, the Dead Sea, Mt. Nebo, and Madaba.
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Last week, myself and other professionals from the UK educational trips sector were invited to Jordan by the Tourism Board. We spent a magical 5 days in the country, seeing Jerash, Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, the Dead Sea, Mt. Nebo, and Madaba.
#ReliefWednesday with this oscillum of a Satyr pouring from a wineskin into a krater.
On display at the Ashmolean Museum for the Last Supper in Pompeii exhibition in 2020. Part of the Wyvern Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
On display at the Ashmolean Museum for the Last Supper in Pompeii exhibition in 2020. Part of the Wyvern Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#ReliefWednesday with this oscillum of a Satyr pouring from a wineskin into a krater.
On display at the Ashmolean Museum for the Last Supper in Pompeii exhibition in 2020. Part of the Wyvern Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
On display at the Ashmolean Museum for the Last Supper in Pompeii exhibition in 2020. Part of the Wyvern Collection.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#EpigraphyTuesday with a Block with Inscription.
Part of the pavement of the imperial ustrinum near the Mausoleum of Augustus. The epigraph probably bore the name of Vespasian's wife, Domitilla: [DOMITILLIAE / DIVI] / VESPASIANI
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Part of the pavement of the imperial ustrinum near the Mausoleum of Augustus. The epigraph probably bore the name of Vespasian's wife, Domitilla: [DOMITILLIAE / DIVI] / VESPASIANI
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday with a Block with Inscription.
Part of the pavement of the imperial ustrinum near the Mausoleum of Augustus. The epigraph probably bore the name of Vespasian's wife, Domitilla: [DOMITILLIAE / DIVI] / VESPASIANI
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Part of the pavement of the imperial ustrinum near the Mausoleum of Augustus. The epigraph probably bore the name of Vespasian's wife, Domitilla: [DOMITILLIAE / DIVI] / VESPASIANI
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#MosaicMonday with this close up of a leopard from the mosaic that depicts two centaurs fighting big cats.
The mosaic was found at Hadrian's Villa, being part of the floor decorations of the dining room in the main palace at the complex. It dates to around AD 130.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The mosaic was found at Hadrian's Villa, being part of the floor decorations of the dining room in the main palace at the complex. It dates to around AD 130.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#MosaicMonday with this close up of a leopard from the mosaic that depicts two centaurs fighting big cats.
The mosaic was found at Hadrian's Villa, being part of the floor decorations of the dining room in the main palace at the complex. It dates to around AD 130.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The mosaic was found at Hadrian's Villa, being part of the floor decorations of the dining room in the main palace at the complex. It dates to around AD 130.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday from the atrium of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii!
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#FrescoFriday from the atrium of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii!
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺