alabandine2.bsky.social

28 September 2026 21:36

Stater of Byblos with galley Greek Late Classical Period about 350 BCE Inscription in Phoenician. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele

drdragases.bsky.social

28 September 2026 21:36

This is an Eastern Roman triumphal inscription celebrating in Greek a local victory on land _and_ sea over the Langobards. I cannot emphasize enough how extremely rare such a text is, not only because of its location, but just as a document illuminating a very obscure period in history.

Chapps

chapps.bsky.social

28 September 2026 21:34

According to Pliny and Suetonius, the master gem cutter Dioskourides engraved Augustus' famed signet ring (a portrait of the emperor himself). That ring doesn't survive, but the gem below does, a deeply cut portrait in amethyst of the orator Demosthenes, signed by Dioskourides. 😍 🏺 1/ 📸 me

St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney

stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social

28 September 2026 21:34

Catching up with #31DaysofGraves - Day 4’s prompt was ‘Languages’. Here’s a stone from St Magnus with a Greek inscription meaning ‘Behold the end of life’ ☠️

Hannah Okon

han-okon.bsky.social

28 September 2026 21:33

A fragmentary marble inscription for #EpigraphyTuesday. Part of a tribute list recording the payments to Athens from the confederacy members. Following Greek victory over Persia, Athens formed a naval confederacy with Greek cities (Aegean). #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky 📷 Met Museum (26.60.5)