Saturday, August 18, 2007

British museum ~ variety of treasures






A quadrant - medieval way to tell the time c. 1400
tekoteko - a figure to protect the threshold of maori doors ~ 1800's
Cotptic talismatic scroll ~ c18th-19th C.
from the palace of Darius ? Persia ~ c. 300 BC
Roman bowl 4th C AD ~ the symbol predates a religious use!

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