One of my favourite finds - not even kidding. From topsoil of early Christian church c5th century in Palestina, this little thing generated much excitement: "Button with religious cross!" "Unheard of for this period!" "Inscribed with religious message!!" (etc). Imagine my surprise when I cleaned it a little to find the English words "open" and "close" and arrows. It is a cam-lock screw. Like the ones that come with the Ikea flatpacks. #findsfriday #archaeology
@mattyhari Time travelers?
@mattyhari the early Christians loved Ikea so much they invented time trave to go get it. There are dark, unsubstantiated whispers that even the cross itself is a flatpacked dishrack from 2196