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Guest - Aislinn
Dyestuff Citizen Science.
09 October 2026
This is a great project. I look forward to the results. Thanks for letting us know.
Guest - Aislinn
Time for...
09 October 2026
Looks delicious!
Guest - Katrin
Sprang Discussion
18 September 2026
Hi Rachel, I have looked for more photos of you, but that was not very successful. I found a link on...
Guest - Beatrix
Sprang Discussion
15 September 2026
That lozenge pattern element is not a photograph, but a scan. So it should be to scale. But I pinned...
Guest - Katrin
Sprang Discussion
15 September 2026
I was not referring to Rachel's reconstruction (is the reconstruction you refer to the one photograp...
Pictures!
Yesterday was a day for taking photos - because, well, the Newsletter for January was still to go out, and I actually had an exciting new thing for that one, which unfortunately had to be put into the shop before I was able to link to it...
so there I was, having to take product photos. I'm sure I have complained in the past about how hard it is to take good product photos. Usually, I try to go for a nice, bright day and set up the photo equipment in the wintergarden, but yesterday, I missed the time of bright sunshine... so I was very, very glad that the photo tent thingie came with suitable lamps:
So... who knows what this is, and what it can be used for?
so there I was, having to take product photos. I'm sure I have complained in the past about how hard it is to take good product photos. Usually, I try to go for a nice, bright day and set up the photo equipment in the wintergarden, but yesterday, I missed the time of bright sunshine... so I was very, very glad that the photo tent thingie came with suitable lamps:
So... who knows what this is, and what it can be used for?
Comments 2
Bruce
on Friday, 01 February 2019 12:05
Without having the excavation reports or photos of the excavated object, I'd say it was a ceramic polycandelon - a multi wicked lamp. A fairly simple test should show if it has contained oil, and maybe even what sort of oil.
As for 'other uses', I'd say the most likely one would be 'drinking games' where you filled it up with some suitable drink, then passed it around the table/hall, everyone gets a drink and some sort of 'penalty' for whoever drops it or drains the last drink from it.
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