Lynley McAlpine

It works almost exactly like this, except without the ads, spam, bots, etc.

There are now lots of archaeology/museum/art/provenance folks on the other app🦋(not trying to be cute, just trying to avoid being muted), so I selfishly encourage the rest of you to join there so I don't have to keeping checking both places for news!

I wish I had come across such an interesting internship position: Virtual presentation Provenance research internship, at Allard Pierson in Amsterdam, in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam's 4D Research Lab, deadline Nov 1. allardpierson.nl/en/about-us/va…

@MuseumofLoot @GettyMuseum Dueling screenshots! 😂 I don't know why it's doing that to you.

@lynleyjmcalpine @GettyMuseum

BREAKING: @ManhattanDA has returned 14 looted antiquities to Türkiye, valued at more than $8.3 million. They include: J Paul Getty Museum: "Head of a Youth,” looted from Bubon in 1968 and purchased from Swiss-based dealer Nicholas Koutoulakis in 1971 for $90,000

@MuseumofLoot @GettyMuseum I found this (even though I got the number wrong). Maybe the search portal you're using is defunct? The one on their main site looks different.

The @GettyMuseum has removed all records of the seized Bubon bronze from its website. @MuseumofLoot exists to preserve this type of data on trafficked objects, which museums often seek to erase.

A big thank you to the MAPRA Advisory Council for a fantastic workshop in Nashville!

Now Available: "Roman Decorative Stone Collections in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology" by J. Clayton Fant, Leah E. Long, and Lynley J. McAlpine is a visual and historical guide to North America's largest collection of Roman marble artifacts. Learn more: press.umich.edu/Books/R/Roman-…

It's also available as an Ebook, so I hope it will serve as a useful reference for identifying stone types in the field. (I saw swirls of yellow and pink in my dreams for months after we catalogued 100+ examples of portasanta and giallo antico alone.) press.umich.edu/Books/R/Roman-…

Storytime from our co-author Clayton Fant on how a project researching some (700+!) chunks of pretty colored stone at the Kelsey Museum back in 2011 at long last culminated in this comprehensive catalogue, due out August 19! press.umich.edu/Blog/2024/08/A… @UofMPress

Repatriation is rarely as simple as "just give it back," and shouldn't be done simply for the sake of doing so. If there's evidence of theft, of course it's important to be in touch with the rightful claimants--and then listen to what they want. observer.com/2024/08/arts-m…

@ChasingAphrodit His name is Hermann Goschalk.

@lynleyjmcalpine Um what’s curator Hermann’s first name?!

Just started The Shabti by M.C. Lorenz. Normally I have to suspend a lot of disbelief to read fiction involving archaeology/museums (+supernatural!), but the academic and museum politics at least seem pretty accurate here so far. 😂

@rumorahasit Right? Except the part where he actually admits to sour grapes! But I think the professor might be the love interest so he can't be too petty.

@lynleyjmcalpine Oh this SCREAMS "lived experience" lol

Ah, Lorenz has a PhD in Egyptology from Chicago and has worked in museums, so I'm probably in good hands here!

We're looking for a mature, independent graduate provenance intern for the 2024-25 academic year. This is part-time (1-2 days/week) paid internship ideal for Boston-area students. To learn more and to apply, follow the instructions on the MFA website. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default…

@lantana104 Thank you! Yes, possibly, some things we previously returned have been displayed there, but I'm not sure what's on view now.

@lynleyjmcalpine Thank you for this! I’ve read that there is a museum in Rome where they display restitutions. Maybe it is there. We all really appreciate everything you are doing. Keep up the good work!

@lynleyjmcalpine My name is Gretchen Barr, SAMA member, and I have really enjoyed your lectures. I recently became aware that the marble bust of Hadrian, DEAC.2005.1.81, was sent to the Manhattan D.A. for restitution to Italy. Would you know where it is now? Thanks!

Getty is seeking a Metadata Integration Specialist who will sit on the cutting edge of computational provenance research, working with the new LOD implementation of the Getty Provenance Index in @archesproject #GettyResearchInstitute Apply now! jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/4437/meta…

@chapps Yes, I think that's what the man in the painting you posted is doing too!

@lynleyjmcalpine Ah, here’s a higher res photo, which I’ve enhanced a bit to better see the guy working a water screw with his feet. Not the expected hand crank - but I think he’s holding onto the wooden pole and turning the screw with his feet, like rolling a log.

Ok, solved! I showed it to Jessica Powers: the device the man is using is a water screw, used in Egypt for irrigation. There's a Nilotic scene from the House of Ephebe with the same contraption, operated by a pygmy (published in Powers, Roman Landscapes, cat. no. 19). 1/

@chapps I.11.15, painting has been removed from wall and is part of the Pompeii inventory stored on site (nos. 56310a and 56310d)

@lynleyjmcalpine Hmm. I don’t know that house name. Do you know its other names, if it has any?