Tony Potter
@tony-potter.bsky.social
Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP funded PhD student at the Open University | Researching Sensory Experience in Caeretan Funerary Assemblages | #NewMaterialism | #AssemblageTheory | #MaterialReligion | #Archaeology | #Etruscology | #Neurodivergent | #JACTDurham
Made it back to wet & windy Yorkshire after a lovely 2 days in Oxford with the #OOCDTP cohort. Looking forward to heading to Cambridge in spring. Spent a bit too much time in @blackwells.bsky.social but managed to pick up this cracker! #EtruscanResearch
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Made it back to wet & windy Yorkshire after a lovely 2 days in Oxford with the #OOCDTP cohort. Looking forward to heading to Cambridge in spring. Spent a bit too much time in @blackwells.bsky.social but managed to pick up this cracker! #EtruscanResearch
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
October 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Back to the @bsrome.bsky.social in September 2026. This time for 17 nights. It’s the longest I can get whilst juggling lots of responsibilities, but it’ll be amazing to spend a longer period of time in Rome. I swear, once I’m #PhD done, I’m going to apply for one of their residencies 🇮🇹
October 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Back to the @bsrome.bsky.social in September 2026. This time for 17 nights. It’s the longest I can get whilst juggling lots of responsibilities, but it’ll be amazing to spend a longer period of time in Rome. I swear, once I’m #PhD done, I’m going to apply for one of their residencies 🇮🇹
There’s probably a fancy sociological / psychological explanation for this, but I’ve always been a coffee drinker, black no sugar, the stronger the better, but in all honesty I can’t say I really enjoy its taste. It must be a social thing I’m conforming to ☕️ 🇮🇹
October 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
There’s probably a fancy sociological / psychological explanation for this, but I’ve always been a coffee drinker, black no sugar, the stronger the better, but in all honesty I can’t say I really enjoy its taste. It must be a social thing I’m conforming to ☕️ 🇮🇹
Lovely afternoon in Rome.
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Lovely afternoon in Rome.
When I sit in the @bsrome.bsky.social courtyard I always think about my MA research on Roman gardens & how they were healthy spaces. Despite the chaos of Rome (which is just on the other side of the walls), it’s so peaceful here. Full of greenery, water & the sounds of nature 🦅 🌲 ⛲️ #RomanGardens
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
When I sit in the @bsrome.bsky.social courtyard I always think about my MA research on Roman gardens & how they were healthy spaces. Despite the chaos of Rome (which is just on the other side of the walls), it’s so peaceful here. Full of greenery, water & the sounds of nature 🦅 🌲 ⛲️ #RomanGardens
OMG 😦 I’ve found a copy of Monumenti Antichi (42) 1955 at the @bsrome.bsky.social which has EVERYTHING I need in it. The online catalogue suggested it wasn’t available, but whilst randomly perusing the shelves I found it! IM SO HAPPY 😂 Massive thanks to the lovely Library team who helped me!
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
OMG 😦 I’ve found a copy of Monumenti Antichi (42) 1955 at the @bsrome.bsky.social which has EVERYTHING I need in it. The online catalogue suggested it wasn’t available, but whilst randomly perusing the shelves I found it! IM SO HAPPY 😂 Massive thanks to the lovely Library team who helped me!
Just a little light reading to enjoy in the Roman sun ☀️. I need a little break from the dense Italian scholarship so got these in English. Plus there’s nothing really too heavy here, more for the general reader.
October 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Just a little light reading to enjoy in the Roman sun ☀️. I need a little break from the dense Italian scholarship so got these in English. Plus there’s nothing really too heavy here, more for the general reader.
Casually mooching around the BSR when I spot this Villanovan / Etruscan hut urn ⚱️ just casually on the sideboard! Assuming / hoping it’s just a replica 😂
October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Casually mooching around the BSR when I spot this Villanovan / Etruscan hut urn ⚱️ just casually on the sideboard! Assuming / hoping it’s just a replica 😂
Joining my first undergraduate tutorial for the @openuniversity.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social #PhD Teaching Scheme. A happy coincidence that the module I’m assigned to is #A340 - The Roman Empire, & I’m dialling in from the Eternal City itself - a great talking point! @drginamay.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Joining my first undergraduate tutorial for the @openuniversity.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social #PhD Teaching Scheme. A happy coincidence that the module I’m assigned to is #A340 - The Roman Empire, & I’m dialling in from the Eternal City itself - a great talking point! @drginamay.bsky.social
I’m in the @bsrome.bsky.social library 📚 & I’ve woken up with a very clear sense of direction! I still need some preliminary data from the @dai-weltweit.bsky.social but things are looking up! 🇮🇹
October 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I’m in the @bsrome.bsky.social library 📚 & I’ve woken up with a very clear sense of direction! I still need some preliminary data from the @dai-weltweit.bsky.social but things are looking up! 🇮🇹
I’m really trying to get some quality research done whilst I’m in Rome, but if I see this as the only available option again I’m going to meltdown 😭
October 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I’m really trying to get some quality research done whilst I’m in Rome, but if I see this as the only available option again I’m going to meltdown 😭
Well isn’t that just bloody marvellous 😑
The main reason for my research trip!
The main reason for my research trip!
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Well isn’t that just bloody marvellous 😑
The main reason for my research trip!
The main reason for my research trip!
Heading back to #Rome #Italy and the @bsrome.bsky.social in just over 5 days. I have lots to do, and the library is calling me!
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Heading back to #Rome #Italy and the @bsrome.bsky.social in just over 5 days. I have lots to do, and the library is calling me!
* Stolen from Facebook *
I remember having one of these to store all my college assignments on. It was certainly a bit different to Microsoft Authenticator 🤪 #SimplerTimes
I remember having one of these to store all my college assignments on. It was certainly a bit different to Microsoft Authenticator 🤪 #SimplerTimes
September 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
* Stolen from Facebook *
I remember having one of these to store all my college assignments on. It was certainly a bit different to Microsoft Authenticator 🤪 #SimplerTimes
I remember having one of these to store all my college assignments on. It was certainly a bit different to Microsoft Authenticator 🤪 #SimplerTimes
Not long now until I head back to Rome to spend a week in the @bsrome.bsky.social! Lots of research planned, including VERY targeted trip to the archaeology museum at Cerveteri & the Villa Giulia!
#Archaeology #Etruscan
#Archaeology #Etruscan
September 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Not long now until I head back to Rome to spend a week in the @bsrome.bsky.social! Lots of research planned, including VERY targeted trip to the archaeology museum at Cerveteri & the Villa Giulia!
#Archaeology #Etruscan
#Archaeology #Etruscan
‘Virtual Pasts’ and all that?
@e-jgraham.bsky.social
@e-jgraham.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
‘Virtual Pasts’ and all that?
@e-jgraham.bsky.social
@e-jgraham.bsky.social
Regular lessons with my tutor plus daily practice means my Italian 🇮🇹 is getting better and better! Looking forward to getting back to #Rome in October for a week of research at the @bsrome.bsky.social … time to practice my spoken Italian!
June 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Regular lessons with my tutor plus daily practice means my Italian 🇮🇹 is getting better and better! Looking forward to getting back to #Rome in October for a week of research at the @bsrome.bsky.social … time to practice my spoken Italian!
Back to the @bsrome.bsky.social in October. 🎉 🇮🇹 📚 🏺
March 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Back to the @bsrome.bsky.social in October. 🎉 🇮🇹 📚 🏺
Not bad if I do say so myself! My spoken Italian is improving by the day! Need to pluck up the courage & just engage people in conversation when I’m in Rome later this year! 🇮🇹
February 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Not bad if I do say so myself! My spoken Italian is improving by the day! Need to pluck up the courage & just engage people in conversation when I’m in Rome later this year! 🇮🇹
I found this on a ‘Light Reading’ display in the library. I don’t know if I should be offended 😂 … light reading indeed 😑
February 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I found this on a ‘Light Reading’ display in the library. I don’t know if I should be offended 😂 … light reading indeed 😑
An #Etruscan #Bucchero alabastron (a container usually used for oil). Burnished black with a double sectioned body. On the lower body, between the grooves, there’s a frieze of loops forming buds with lotus flowers 🌺
620-580 BCE
Produced in Cerveteri
Source - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
620-580 BCE
Produced in Cerveteri
Source - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
An #Etruscan #Bucchero alabastron (a container usually used for oil). Burnished black with a double sectioned body. On the lower body, between the grooves, there’s a frieze of loops forming buds with lotus flowers 🌺
620-580 BCE
Produced in Cerveteri
Source - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
620-580 BCE
Produced in Cerveteri
Source - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...