A unique bone box was discovered in a late Roman grave of a young woman in Worcestershire, England. Archaeologists suspect it may have contained ointment for pain relief, as the woman’s remains show signs of lesions and joint inflammation [2000×2635]
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[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-intricately-decorated-box-carved-from-deer-bone-that-may-have-once-held-ancient-ointments-180988004/#:~:text=The%20box%20was%20excavated%20from,8%2C000%20years%20of%20human%20activity&text=Archaeologists%20in%20England%20have%20discovered,to%20the%20late%20Roman%20period.](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-intricately-decorated-box-carved-from-deer-bone-that-may-have-once-held-ancient-ointments-180988004/#:~:text=The%20box%20was%20excavated%20from,8%2C000%20years%20of%20human%20activity&text=Archaeologists%20in%20England%20have%20discovered,to%20the%20late%20Roman%20period.)
Me in about 2000 years
It’s quite lovely.
Her stashbox
I wonder what kind of ointments they use. Do we know?
She was loved.
Feels like a home handicraft… maybe a husband or a kid learning woodworking? Beautiful little piece of someone’s personal story!
Probably pandora’s box..
I know concentric circles are a common motif throughout history, but this particular arrangement reminded me of a [stool in the Hathaway family home](https://www.reddit.com/r/shakespeare/s/xGjRyrlCRg).
Maybe for holding playing dice.
It’s shaped exactly like a modern-fay incense burning box. Holes let the aromatic smoke out. I can’t tell if any of the holes go all the way through or not on this one.
Nice.