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ITT: Historically interesting artifacts you own
Pic related, it's a brick inscription from the reign of Amar-sin, the third ruler of the Third Ur Dynasty (1981–1973 BCE). Not priceless, but nice to have.
The Third Dynasty of Ur was the last Sumerian dynasty to dominate Mesopotamia. My grandmother was a visiting professor of archaeology in Mosul in the 70s, so our family has tons of this stuff.
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How do you know it's real?
Also I have almost nothing. The most interesting thing is probably some coal from the wreck of the Titanic.
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>>2409847
Where do you even store such stuff at home?
I would have crippling anxiety, not having historical artifacts in musea or archives.
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>>2409886
I think in the circumstances he described it would be more impressive if it wasn't real.
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>>2409886
She has an office full of this stuff. It's probably all real, and as I said nothing is particularly rare.
Here's an Ur III brothel coin from the 3rd Millennium. Cultural artifacts from the oldest civilisations unveil modern Human nature as it first emerged, and how timeless some things are.
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>>2409847
>muh brick
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I have a bronze as from the reign of Constantine the Great, and a Papyrus fragment from late antiquity, 5th century or so.
I also own more bizarre things like Amazonian bead and feather jewelry from Brazil, a Metis sash, a old ivory seal cutting device, and various knick knacks I've collected on my outdoor adventures (like salt formation from Salar de Uyuni, bison fur and volcanic rock from Yellowstone)
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>>2410124
Cool collection. One day I want to have a display case for stuff like that.
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>>2410557
You can get em cheap at Hobby lobby and craft stores. This was only a few bucks.
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