Browse Items (55 total)

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Amphora

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Ceramic amphora.

Ring base: hollow, high foot - flat at top with short stem; ovid body contracting to narrow neck; vertical strap handles attached at neck and rising to rim, then down to shoulder; the decoration is done in the red-figure…

Barite

Specimen is coarsely laminated light grayish white barite.

Bead, Glass

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16th century glass chevron bead from 1541 Hernando de Soto expedition. Found during 1966 University of Arkansas Museum archeological field school excavation.

Currently on view at Parkin Archeological State Park.

Bottle, Cologne (Hermes Eau de Cologne)

Contents are empty except for plastic (?) cap stuck in corner.

Two-piece pressed mold, only top of rim applied, transparent blue, base is an indented square, body is square and tapered, shoulders are flat, neck does not exist, lip is an exterior…

Bowl, Ceramic

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Small ceramic bowl; ring base; short foot; expanding sides for 3.0 cm then sides extend straight out to form small ridge; wide straight sided neck; round rim, vessel red/orange in color.

Buckle, Belt

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Belt buckle.
A. Catch end of buckle: vertical rectangle, round in section, two projections also round in section, curving out from one side. Projections take form of animal heads, possibly lions or horses.

B. Loop end of buckle: vertical…

Calcite

Numerous small transparent white calcite crystals consisting of short prisms with rhombohedral terminations.

Calcite

Numerous small transparent white calcite crystals consisting of short prisms with rhombohedral terminations in association with prismatic, doubly terminated, slightly smoky quartz crystals.

Coin

Russian 3 kopeks coin.
Face: Romonov coat of Arms, border with cyrrilic script, 3, 1876, wreath.

Coin

Coin from Sicily, Ferdinand II on obverse, diegi tornesi with crown on reverse. 1857, groove along edge, heavy weight, copper.