#5th–6th century

[heaveninawildflower]

Roman mosaic fragment of a stag (Syria, 5th–6th century).

Image and text information courtesy The Getty.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

#roman #5th–6th century #roman mosaic #stag #deer #Syria

[blueiskewl]

Etruscan Bronze Helmet in the Shape of a Wolf’s Head 6th-5th centuries BCE.

#Etruscan Bronze Helmet in the Shape of a Wolf’s Head #6th-5th centuries BCE #Wolf's Head Helmet #Head of a Boar #bronze #bronze helmet #bronze sculpture #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #etruscan history #etruscan art

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Brazier in the Form of the Old God.

Place of origin: Teotihuacan, Mexico

Period: Early Classic period (250 B.C.–A.D. 600)

Date: ca. A.D. 400–500

Medium: Basalt

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient sculpture #ancient history #5th century #6th century #Teotihuacan #mexico #mesoamerica #early classic period #basalt #a.d. 400 #a.d. 500

[queenfredegund]

Women in History Month (insp) | Week 4: Dynastic Daughters

#historyedit #perioddramaedit #women in history #women in history month challenge #my edits #mine #marie anne de bourbon-conti #princess hexiao #hanzade sultan #caroline bonaparte #marie-thérèse-charlotte de france #princess fukang #gorgô of sparta #french history #chinese history #ancient greece #17th century #18th century #19th century #11th century #6th century bc #5th century bc

[romegreeceart]

Athena mounting a four-horse chariot

Mersenaki

Ca. 510-460 BCE

Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm

Stockholm, November 2023

#Athena #Mersenaki #Cyprus #ancient #art #terracotta #statuette #goddess #chariot #animals #horse #clothing #helmet #6th century BCE #5th century BCE #Swedish museums #my photo #Medelhavsmuseet

[gayangstandshakespeare]

Day 9: Celtic - Morgan le Fay; I realize that the runes are Germanic, but it’s a Green Knight reference 👀👀

#jenstober23 #morgan le fay #the green knight #arthuriana #arthurian legend #celtic mythology #roman britain #celtic #5th century #6th century #briton tag #traditional art #history art #inktober #inktober 2023 #drawtober #drawtober 2023 #artober #artober 2023 #witchtober #witchtober 2023 #day 9

[mapsontheweb]

Migration of the Lombards towards Northern Italy.

#maps #europe #lombards #migration #5th century #6th century

[priestess-of-the-north-west]

It's great to be able to show that runes were being carved in the Netherlands. This is one of the 23 currently known Frisian rune findings: the Westeremden (a location in the North-East of the Netherlands) yew stick, found in 1918 and dated 5th-8th century.  It can be seen in the Groninger Museum. 

Made of Yew (Dutch: Taxus, or IJf) which is not a tree that generally could be found in this area. The inscription reads like a blessing or spell for luck/happiness. To me, this is Frisian galðr:

ophæmujiBAdaæmluþ wimœBæhþuSA iwioKuPdunale:

(Source: de Gruyter.)

Elmar Seebold (in 1990) reads:

ophæmu givëda æmluþ: iwi ok upduna (a)le wimôv æh þusë

Tineke Looijenga (in 1997) reads:

op hæmu jibada æmluþ : iwi ok up duna (a)le wimœd æh þusa

(Source) Interpreted as something like:

luck (amluþ) stays (gibada) at home (op hæmu); and (ok) at the yew (iwi) may it grow (ale) on the hill (up duna); Wimœd has (æh) this (þusa)

Modern Frisians translate it into:

op de boerderij (heem) blijft voorspoed; laat het groeien bij de ijf (taxus) op de terp; dit is (eigendom) van Wimoed (Source.)

Interestingly, this 5th-8th century Frisian Futhorc differs slightly from the more commonly known elder Futhark. (Context: the Elder Futhark in the Scandinavian areas transitioned towards the Younger Futhark in the 7th-8th century).

Here are a few interpretations by different writers:

By Parsons.

By Grimmsma.

By Terpen en Wierdenland.

#frisian futhorc #rune #yew #Amulet #galðr #groningen #netherlands #futhorc #5th century #6th century #7th century #8th century #northern iron age #Frisia #dutch

[arthistoryanimalia]

#MosaicMonday for #LunarNewYear #YearOfTheRabbit:

Mosaic Panel with Rabbit Roman, from Syria, possibly Emesa (present-day Homs) 5th-6th century Stone tesserae 68.6 cm × 114.3 cm [Getty Museum 75.AH.118]

#rabbit #rabbits #mammals #mosaic #ancient Rome #Roman art #ancient art #Syria #5th century #6th century #Getty Museum #Mosaic Monday #Lunar New Year #Year of the Rabbit #animals in art

[medievalart]

Ostrogothic Italy

490s-550s

Possibly made in Rome

British Museum

London, July 2022

#Ostrogothic kingdom #5th century #6th century #medieval #coin #brooch #Theodoric the great #Baduila #king #British Museum #my photo

[clarabow-mp3]

i love the king arthur myths i wish there were good movies about them

#the green knight and monty python and the holy grail i am not talking about you my beloveds <3 #but like. the 5th and 6th centuries in england were like post-apocalyptic that shit was crazy #a (relatively) historically accurate king arthur movie would eat why lie

[blueiskewl]

A GREEK BRONZE KANTHAROS ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

#A GREEK BRONZE KANTHAROS #ARCHAIC PERIOD #CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C. #ancient bronze #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient greece #greek history #greek mythology #greek art

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Goblet.

Place of origin: Roman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean

Date: A.D. 5th-6th century

#5th century #6th century #glass #glassware #goblet #eastern Mediterranean #roman #roman empire #history #archeology #museum

[ravenkings]

honestly, the more i learn about ancient history and the origins of things that we take for granted, the more i realize that we actually know nothing about why the world is the way it is bc like 90% of the evidence has been ~lost to history~

#this comes from me reading mary beard's spqr and she's talking about the origin of the 12 month calendar #it's attributed to some legendary roman king from from like the 5th or 6th century bce #except there's questionable evidence that he actually existed #same thing with the whole concept of a ''census'' #oh and like wide swaths of the structure of the catholic church bc a lot of it is based on the og roman state religion #fucking crazy man #history #text

[romegreeceart]

Ionian Sarcophagus

* Clazomenae

* 500 BCE

* terracotta

* British Museum

London, July 2022

#Ionia #sarcophagus #6th century BCE #5th century BCE #ancient #art #Greek warrior #battle #British Museum #my photo

[gayangstandshakespeare]

Byzantine consorts/Augustae: Aelia Verina - Euphrosyne Porphyrogenita

457 AD - 829 AD

I am all caught up for now! Time to get back to actually listening to the podcast…

#digital art #history art #byzantine empire #byzantine empress #byzantium #empress theodora #pride #gay #5th century #6th century #7th century #8th century #9th century #roman tag #greek tag