Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian stone fragment. It might have come from a tomb wall, possibly a false door. The hieroglyphic inscription most likely detailed the titles of the owner.
E.601
#ancientegypt #stonefragment #tombwall #hieroglyphs #museums
E.601
#ancientegypt #stonefragment #tombwall #hieroglyphs #museums
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian stone fragment. It might have come from a tomb wall, possibly a false door. The hieroglyphic inscription most likely detailed the titles of the owner.
E.601
#ancientegypt #stonefragment #tombwall #hieroglyphs #museums
E.601
#ancientegypt #stonefragment #tombwall #hieroglyphs #museums
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this oil lamp with elongated spout and handle, round body, with small centre hole. The top is decorated with palmettes and volutes with Erotes and Dionysus head.
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this oil lamp with elongated spout and handle, round body, with small centre hole. The top is decorated with palmettes and volutes with Erotes and Dionysus head.
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
#ObjectoftheDay is this wooden djed-pillar #amulet. Meant to be an image of the spine of the #god #Osiris & represents the idea of stability. Djed-pillar amulets were essential in Egyptian afterlife as, without a spine a person would not be able to sit, stand or move around in the #afterlife. E.9302
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this wooden djed-pillar #amulet. Meant to be an image of the spine of the #god #Osiris & represents the idea of stability. Djed-pillar amulets were essential in Egyptian afterlife as, without a spine a person would not be able to sit, stand or move around in the #afterlife. E.9302
Our #objectoftheday is this Apulian red-figure bell krater decorated with the portrait head of a bearded soldier, wearing a Thracian helmet. It was found in Taranto, southern Italy, and is dated to around 340 BCE.
C.702
#Apulia #soldier #thracianhelmet #Italy #museum
C.702
#Apulia #soldier #thracianhelmet #Italy #museum
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this Apulian red-figure bell krater decorated with the portrait head of a bearded soldier, wearing a Thracian helmet. It was found in Taranto, southern Italy, and is dated to around 340 BCE.
C.702
#Apulia #soldier #thracianhelmet #Italy #museum
C.702
#Apulia #soldier #thracianhelmet #Italy #museum
Our #objectoftheday are these vividly coloured #ancientEgyptian #glass #beads. They can be dated to the #NewKingdom and come from the site of Tell el-Amarna, where #excavations have shown that there were a number of #workshops that specialised in the manufacturing of glass.
E.5031
E.5031
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our #objectoftheday are these vividly coloured #ancientEgyptian #glass #beads. They can be dated to the #NewKingdom and come from the site of Tell el-Amarna, where #excavations have shown that there were a number of #workshops that specialised in the manufacturing of glass.
E.5031
E.5031
#ObjectoftheDay is the rim and body of a black figure, white ground #ancientGreek #lekythos. This type of vessel was used for storing oil and more specifically olive oil. The white ground technique used made them too fragile for regular use & they were mainly associated with funerary rites. C.655
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is the rim and body of a black figure, white ground #ancientGreek #lekythos. This type of vessel was used for storing oil and more specifically olive oil. The white ground technique used made them too fragile for regular use & they were mainly associated with funerary rites. C.655
Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian wooden statuette of an unnamed man striding forward, a symbol of eternal vitality. It was #excavated at Abydos & it can be stylistically dated to the 12th Dynasty and identified as a Ka-statue, which were placed in tombs to receive offerings. E.7082
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian wooden statuette of an unnamed man striding forward, a symbol of eternal vitality. It was #excavated at Abydos & it can be stylistically dated to the 12th Dynasty and identified as a Ka-statue, which were placed in tombs to receive offerings. E.7082
#ObjectoftheDay is this fragment of terracotta revetment from Auletes, Italy. Dated to the 1st century BCE it shows volutes & palmettes, below which is the head of the god Pan playing the pipes. God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. C.592
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this fragment of terracotta revetment from Auletes, Italy. Dated to the 1st century BCE it shows volutes & palmettes, below which is the head of the god Pan playing the pipes. God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. C.592
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek (and more specifically #Corinthian) #aryballos. It has black and purple #paint #decoration on white ground. This type of #vessel would have been used to store #perfume or #oil. The date of the aryballos pictured here is between 625-600 BCE.
C.633
#museum
C.633
#museum
September 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek (and more specifically #Corinthian) #aryballos. It has black and purple #paint #decoration on white ground. This type of #vessel would have been used to store #perfume or #oil. The date of the aryballos pictured here is between 625-600 BCE.
C.633
#museum
C.633
#museum
Our #objectoftheday is this damaged part of a black #granite #statue. Only the torso and right shoulder remain as well as a column at the back of the fragment. Similar in form to Napatan/early Meroitic statues of #kings and #gods.
E.723
#museum
E.723
#museum
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this damaged part of a black #granite #statue. Only the torso and right shoulder remain as well as a column at the back of the fragment. Similar in form to Napatan/early Meroitic statues of #kings and #gods.
E.723
#museum
E.723
#museum
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek #pyxis with a separate lid. Made from unglazed yellow clay but decorated with abstract incisions across the body and lid. Likely used to hold small #trinkets, #jewellery, and #cosmetics. This type of object might have been given to women as wedding gifts.
C.758
C.758
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek #pyxis with a separate lid. Made from unglazed yellow clay but decorated with abstract incisions across the body and lid. Likely used to hold small #trinkets, #jewellery, and #cosmetics. This type of object might have been given to women as wedding gifts.
C.758
C.758
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian coffin fragment with the painted figure of the goddess Nut. She was the goddess of the sky, stars and cosmos.
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
August 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian coffin fragment with the painted figure of the goddess Nut. She was the goddess of the sky, stars and cosmos.
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Greek terracotta figurine of the goddess Nike, the personification of victory. She is placed on a high pedestal and has wings and an ornate drapery.
C.531
#ancientgreece #goddess #Nike #victory #museum
C.531
#ancientgreece #goddess #Nike #victory #museum
August 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Greek terracotta figurine of the goddess Nike, the personification of victory. She is placed on a high pedestal and has wings and an ornate drapery.
C.531
#ancientgreece #goddess #Nike #victory #museum
C.531
#ancientgreece #goddess #Nike #victory #museum
#Objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian #bronze #statuette depicting the #god #Horus (sometimes known as Harpocrates) as a young boy. Horus bears the markers of youth: the sidelock of hair and the finger held to the mouth. He also wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
E.825
E.825
August 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#Objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian #bronze #statuette depicting the #god #Horus (sometimes known as Harpocrates) as a young boy. Horus bears the markers of youth: the sidelock of hair and the finger held to the mouth. He also wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
E.825
E.825
#ObjectoftheDay is this terracotta twin-handled #Roman #amphora used to store household necessities—including, of course, your wine! This one is simply decorated & is finished with a red glaze.
C.193
C.193
August 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this terracotta twin-handled #Roman #amphora used to store household necessities—including, of course, your wine! This one is simply decorated & is finished with a red glaze.
C.193
C.193
Our #Objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian little blue faience seal in the form of a crouching oryx gazelle. Interestingly the stamp on the underside also depicts an oryx . It would have been used to mark ownership.
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
August 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #Objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian little blue faience seal in the form of a crouching oryx gazelle. Interestingly the stamp on the underside also depicts an oryx . It would have been used to mark ownership.
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
#ObjectoftheDay is this #Mycenaean Linear B clay tablet. Linear B was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of #Greek. This type of script was found mainly in the #palace archives at #Knossos & Khaniá in Crete, & Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes, & Tiryns in Greece.
C.591
C.591
July 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #Mycenaean Linear B clay tablet. Linear B was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of #Greek. This type of script was found mainly in the #palace archives at #Knossos & Khaniá in Crete, & Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes, & Tiryns in Greece.
C.591
C.591
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian green #faience #ring with #scarab bezel. The scarab was a symbol of #rebirth, #regeneration, and #protection in the #afterlife. It was modelled on the dung beetle association with the sun god Khepri, who brought the sunrise over the horizon each day.
E.199
E.199
July 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian green #faience #ring with #scarab bezel. The scarab was a symbol of #rebirth, #regeneration, and #protection in the #afterlife. It was modelled on the dung beetle association with the sun god Khepri, who brought the sunrise over the horizon each day.
E.199
E.199
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Greek small buff-coloured pot, with leaf decoration.
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
July 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Greek small buff-coloured pot, with leaf decoration.
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
almost forgot to post today!! sincerest apologies! 🙇🙇
todays #objectoftheday is this pair of foster grant reading glasses! there are about 1,000,000 nerves IN EACH EYE connecting to your brain, not to mention that your eyes are 1ne oz. (~28g) that's a lotta nerves for a small thing like that! ( o.0)
todays #objectoftheday is this pair of foster grant reading glasses! there are about 1,000,000 nerves IN EACH EYE connecting to your brain, not to mention that your eyes are 1ne oz. (~28g) that's a lotta nerves for a small thing like that! ( o.0)
July 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
almost forgot to post today!! sincerest apologies! 🙇🙇
todays #objectoftheday is this pair of foster grant reading glasses! there are about 1,000,000 nerves IN EACH EYE connecting to your brain, not to mention that your eyes are 1ne oz. (~28g) that's a lotta nerves for a small thing like that! ( o.0)
todays #objectoftheday is this pair of foster grant reading glasses! there are about 1,000,000 nerves IN EACH EYE connecting to your brain, not to mention that your eyes are 1ne oz. (~28g) that's a lotta nerves for a small thing like that! ( o.0)
also im gonna start tagging my posts as #objectoftheday , #ootd , #objectsky & #objectotd mainly, but i'll also add other tags that relate to the object! :*)
#radio #radios #dreamskyradio
#radio #radios #dreamskyradio
June 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
also im gonna start tagging my posts as #objectoftheday , #ootd , #objectsky & #objectotd mainly, but i'll also add other tags that relate to the object! :*)
#radio #radios #dreamskyradio
#radio #radios #dreamskyradio
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian copper alloy statuette of the god Osiris. He was the god of fertility as well as the embodiment of the dead and the resurrected king.
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
June 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian copper alloy statuette of the god Osiris. He was the god of fertility as well as the embodiment of the dead and the resurrected king.
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek #aryballos painted black and brown on white background. This type of #vessel was used for #perfume or #oil, and it is often seen in vase #paintings being used by #athletes during bathing.
C.624
#museum
C.624
#museum
June 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek #aryballos painted black and brown on white background. This type of #vessel was used for #perfume or #oil, and it is often seen in vase #paintings being used by #athletes during bathing.
C.624
#museum
C.624
#museum
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientSudanese #flower shaped #golden ear stud. It comes from the ancient Sudanese site of #Meroë and we are not sure if it was part of a pair, or if it was just a singular piece. 🌼
E.8031a
#museum
E.8031a
#museum
June 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientSudanese #flower shaped #golden ear stud. It comes from the ancient Sudanese site of #Meroë and we are not sure if it was part of a pair, or if it was just a singular piece. 🌼
E.8031a
#museum
E.8031a
#museum