Pieces of painted #Roman wall plaster from a villa at Tarrant Hinton #Dorset excavated 1968-1984 Possibly depicting Narcissus, the fresco is now on display in the excellent Museum of East Dorset #Wimborne Minster 📷 April 2025 A #FindsFriday / #FrescoFriday crossover - ThreadSky

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durotrigesdig.bsky.social • 10 days ago

Pieces of painted #Roman wall plaster from a villa at Tarrant Hinton #Dorset excavated 1968-1984

Possibly depicting Narcissus, the fresco is now
on display in the excellent Museum of East Dorset #Wimborne Minster

📷 April 2025

A #FindsFriday / #FrescoFriday crossover

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notbeforenoon.bsky.social•10 days ago

Took me a bit to see the image, had to tilt my iPad back a little.

bou-dicca.bsky.social•10 days ago

😯😯😯

drsadiewatson.bsky.social•10 days ago

A pedant notes: Tarrant Hinton is not East Dorset but North, a critical distinction to a very small number of people 😂 lucky Wimborne Museum, bad luck Blandford.

Some of Dorset’s finest treasures come from this tiny village.

durotrigesdig.bsky.social•10 days ago

It is indeed a very special site and, I think its *curatorial annexation* was due to it being investigated by the Wimborne Archaeological Society (as was) 🤣

digging-gardener.bsky.social•6 days ago

Did WAS become EDAS?

durotrigesdig.bsky.social•6 days ago

I believe it did 👍

drsadiewatson.bsky.social•10 days ago

Aha that explains it, and it is forgivable as small towns do well to maintain museums at all. The East Dorset one is excellent I agree (grudgingly).

durotrigesdig.bsky.social•10 days ago

😊👍

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