Although I’ve completed my write-up of my trip to Turkey, Georgia and Armenia, there was quite a lot that I missed out and have meant to come back to. This is one of those posts, but the summary of the trip is at https://www.julianwhite.uk/turkey-georgia-and-armenia-final-thoughts/, with a link to all the blog posts that I wrote up telling the story of that little adventure.
It was the age of these items that intrigued me the most, they all date to the fourth century BC. Made from bone, they are a variety of tools, namely a hoe, a knocker and a handle. These items aren’t particularly unusual or just from this region, but I like the everyday items from this period which provide some tangible connection to the past. These are the quiet echoes of a Tuesday afternoon in 389 BC….