#OnThisDay in 37 CE, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was born in Antium—but he’s known better by his later name, Nero. This image shows a modern cast of a bronze sesterius with the bust of eperor Nero shown on the obverse, on which he wears the laurel wreath. CC.415

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian coffin fragment with hieroglyphs. It has a layer of red plaste applied to the wood and is covered by painted decoration. E.7288d #ancientegypt #coffinfragment #hieroglyphs #painteddecoration #museum

This digitised plate negatives of Garstang’s excavations at Meroë shows statues found at the Isis Temple. The statue of Arensnuphis is now @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social (1910.110.36) & the statue of Sebiumeker is in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen (Æ 1082). JG/M/B/14

For #transformationtuesday we are sharing the conservation process that made this ancient Nubian A-group vessel whole! E.6129 #ancientegypt #conservation #predynastic #potteryvessel #museum

#objectoftheday is this Corinthian aryballos decorated with soldiers in black and purple on white background. It dates to the Late Corinthian I period, 575-550 BCE. Aryballoi were small containers for scented oils thatwere mass-produced and widely distributed. C.619

This #digitised glass plate #negative from Garstang’s excavations at Abydos show an assemblage of materials from a tomb. Included are several spindle bottles, imported to #Egypt from #Cyprus as well as a carinated stone vessel and a #makeup vessel.

#OnThisDay in 316 CE Diocletian died in Croatia. He was an Emperor of Rome from 284 to 305 CE & infamous for his persecution of Rome’s Christian population. This bronze nummus shows a bust of Diocletian during his reign and was minted between 297 and 305 CE. CC.773

Come and explore our collections! We are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00! #ancientegypt #museum #visit

This digitised glass plate negative is from John Garstang’s 1907 survey of Anatolia. The photo shows the Roman ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon. JG/HIT/BAA/7 #digitised #photo #survey #Anatolia #Roman #Lebanon #museum

We are open today from 10am-1pm - come and visit us and explore our collections! #garstang #museum #Liverpool #visitus #explore #livuni

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

For this #Sundayread why not tackle some #ancientEgyptian #hieroglyphs from this stone lintel that can be dated to the Old Kingdom? If you feel that is a little too much of a challenge for a quiet Sunday, then you can read more about this artefact on our blog post: https://orlo.uk/z5jy8#Sundayread#ancientEgyptian#hieroglyphs.91

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

Today we are sharing one of our favourite digitised glass plate negatives. The original photo was taken during Garstang’s excavations at Abydos and shows two ancient Egyptian faience hippos! #glassplatenegative #digitisation #ancientegypt #excavations #Abydos #museum

We are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00, why not come and visit us? #museum #visit #Liverpool

#Onthisday in 30 CE, the Roman #Emperor Nerva was born. This copper alloy #sestertius can be dated to 96 CE and shows the profile portrait of Nerva facing to the right wearing the laurel wreath on its observe. The reverse depicts clasped hands holding a legionary eagle set on prow. CC.451

This digitised photo from Garstang’s 1907 Anatolia survey shows a garden within cloisters at ‘Caesarea’ (Kayseri, Turkey). JG/HIT/CA/1 #survey #Anatolia #garden #cloisters #Turkey #photonegative #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

This digitised photo negative shows a limestone slab with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The slab was found at the site R70 at Reqaqnah, during the 1901-1902 excavation season led by John Garstang. #ancientegypt #archaeology #photonegative #hieroglyphs #excavations #museum

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Have you ever wondered what happens in our museum after hours? . . . We switch off the lights and we go home, of course! 😁 #afterhours #spookyseason👻 #museum

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

Come and visit us! We are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00 😊 #open #visit #campuslife #UniversityofLiverpool #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

This digitised glass plate negative photograph is from Garstang’s 1906 work in the site of Dakkah. The image depicts the Temple of Dakkah, looking though the temple axis towards the pylon. JG/k/3/6/8 #ancientegypt #temple #excavations #glassplatenegative #museum

This #transformationtuesday we are sharing a #photo of one of our ancient Egyptian pots being conserved. The fully reconstructed pot was part of our ‘Before Egypt’ temporary exhibition in 2019 and is now on display in one of the museum’s galleries. Photo Credit: @tetisheriphoto.bsky.#transformationtuesday#photocial

For this #ScienceSunday we are sharing a photo of the visit from the Digital Innovation Facility staff. They came over in November 2022 to #laser #scan a number of the museum's #artefacts, including this ancient Egyptian #coffin lid. The scans are used to produce #3Dmodels of the objects.

#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

This glass plate #negative shows the reverse of a red slate votive tablet from site 6 (Lion Temple). It depicts King Tanyidamani in a long robe, with helmet-crown and sceptre. The original #photo was took in 1910 by Garstang during his #excavations of the ancient Sudanese site of Meroë. JG/M/E/7/b

We are back to being open on Wednesdays and Thursdays (10:00 to 16:00), so why not come and a have peek at our collection? #open #visit #universityofliverpool #campuslife #Liverpool #museum

This digitised glass plate #negative was taken in 1907 by Garstang during his #survey of #Anatolia. The #photo shows a carved stone giant headless #eagle lying on its side by a satchel and a rifle on a hill in Yamoola, (Yemliha, #Turkey). JG/HIT/YA/2

#TBT to the summer of 2023 & a visit from Ruth, a PhD candidate at the @livancworlds.bsky.social , @liverpooluni.bsky.social#TBT analysing this ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom box coffin belonging to the soldier Userhet. Ruth is using XRF to determine the composition of the paint .

🏺📜 Next month! I’ll be giving a talk about my recent work with @garstangmuseum.bsky.social at the Society for Museum Archaeology Conference in Liverpool. You can get tickets at the link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/society-fo...

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

This digitised glass plate #negative shows #ancientEgyptian #clappers. They were made from #ivory and were most likely used in religious rituals. The original #photograph was taken by Garstang during his #excavations at #Abydos.

#OnThisDay in 382CE, the #Roman #Emperor Theodosius signed a treaty with the Visigoths which granted them lands between the Lower Danube and the Balkans. The obverse of this #gold #solidus minted in #Constantinople shows a bust of Theodosius. It dates to the period of 378-383CE. CC.1239

#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

We are excited to announce the next phase of refurbishment work at the Museum. The works are part of our AHRC RICHeS project, in partnership with National Museums Liverpool. To facilitate the building work, the Garstang Museum will be closed from 29 September until 10 October.

This digitised glass plate negative photograph taken in 1905 during Garstang’s excavations in Nubia shows the village near the Temple of Dakka, dedicated to the god Thoth. In the 1960s during the construction of the Aswan dam the temple was moved to the site of Wadi es-Sebua. JG/K/3/6/3

We are changing things up, and today instead of #Thursdaythought we present #ThursdayThoth 😃 So we are sharing a #photo of this tiny #ancientEgyptian faience #amulet of #Thoth, who was the #god of the #moon, #learning, and #writing. E.9241

#OnThisDay in 63 BCE the future Roman emperor Augustus was born . In 27 BCE, he was awarded the title of ‘Augustus’ and was proclaimed ‘Princeps Senatus’ the ‘First Man’ in the Roman senate. This silver denarius shows the laureate head of Augustus on its obverse.

This #digitised glass plate #negative shows #ancientEgyptian #MiddleKingdom #wooden #models engaged in a combination of #butchery, #baking and #brewing. The original #photo was taken sometime between 1902 and 1904 by Garstang during his #excavations at the #necropolis of Beni Hasan.

#FindsFriday is for this #ancientEgyptian #MiddleKingdom #statuette of a #female holding her #baby. Carved from a single piece of hardwood and was plastered over and then painted. The black and white image shows the artefact after it was excavated at the ancient Egyptian site of Abydos. E.7081

#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

Come and visit us! We are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00 😊 #open #visit #campuslife #UniversityofLiverpool #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

This digitised glass plate #negative shows steps leading up to an inscribed wall discovered at site 250 (#Sun #Temple). The original #photo was taken in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese settlement of #Meroë. JG/M/F/6

#OnThisDay in 214 CE #Roman #emperor Aurelian was born. He reigned from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century & reunited the Roman Empire. This copper alloy #denarius shows Aurelian wearing laurel wreath and military garb on its obverse. On the reverse is the #goddess #Victory. CC.745

Today’s digitised glass plate negative shows an ancient Egyptian dagger. The image was taken during Garstang’s excavations at the site of Abydos and shows this copper alloyed dagger with elaborate handle. #ancientegypt #dagger #glassplatenegative #image #Abydos #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

It’s #wackyhatwednesday so we are sharing the obverse image of this ancient Roman silver denarius. The image depicts the goddess Roma wearing a helmet. CC.341 #roman #coin #silver #denarius #goddess #Roma #helmet #museum