Museum researchers – including archaeologists and conservators – have put their favorite finds on exhibit.

Client: Aquincum Museum.

Antler tool

Antler tool

Antler tool

Antler tool used to repair a bed.

Reconstructed scene: antler tool used to repair a bed.

 

Lead curse table

Lead curse table.

Lead curse table with barely readable writing.

Old sorcerer writes the curse to the lead table.

Old sorcerer writes the curse to the lead table.

 

Nozzle

Ceramics nozzle.

Ceramics nozzle.

Reconstructed scene: Iron age smith with the help of his wife pumps air into the furnace to get the necessary temperature to melt the iron.

Reconstructed scene: Iron age smith with the help of his wife pumps air into the furnace to get the necessary temperature to melt the iron.

 

Idol head

Idol head.

Idol head.

Burying the idol head.

Burying the idol head.

 

Belt

Drawing of the grave and the belt.

Drawing of the grave and the belt.

belt

Belt decorated with stone.

 

Horse

Photo of the ceramics horse piece

Photo of the ceramics horse piece

Lararium with the reconstructed horse statuette.

Shrine (lararium) with the reconstructed horse statuette.

 

Chamber pot

Roman chamber pot, lasanum.

Roman chamber pot, lasanum.

lasanum

Reconstructed scene: Chamber pot being emptied.

 

Amphora containing expensive wine from Crete.

Amphora

Amphora

amfora

A servant breaks the amphora as part of the funeral ceremony.

 

Warped, spoiled pottery

Spoiled pottery as found.

Spoiled pottery as found.

pottery_dumping

Pit for spoiled pottery.

 

Grave stone of a soldier

Photo of the grave stone.

Photo of the grave stone.

gravestone

Painted grave stone in the cemetery.

 

Mithras statuette

The broken piece of the Mithras statuette.

The broken piece of the Mithras statuette.

Mithras slaying the bull.

Mithras slaying the bull. The reconstructed statuette is placed in an altar in the mithraeum.

 

Roman horse trappings

Horse trappings

Horse trappings

Reconstructed trappings on a horse.

Reconstructed trappings on a horse.