05-08-2006, 07:52 PM
Salve Matt,
The pectorale from the Guttmann collection which Tiberius had pointed out looks more like a metal collar and Junkelmann assumes that this rare piece dates to the 2nd or 3rd century CE and comes from the Eastern Mediterranean.
From the same time though dates a relief from Aphrodisias which shows very clearly the shape of the pectorale as Junkelmann has reconstructed it (to be found on page 82 of "Das Spiel mit dem Tod"). That pectorale looks like a bib with a U-shaped neck. On the same page is another picture but that is highly stylized, nonetheless you could see clearly that the pectorale is still like a bib and not like a collar, though you can't identify what shape the neck has.
I'll try to scan those pics in when I come to the office tomorrow morning. My co-worker whose terminal is connected to the scanner is on vacation so chances are good that I could use it. :lol:
The pectorale from the Guttmann collection which Tiberius had pointed out looks more like a metal collar and Junkelmann assumes that this rare piece dates to the 2nd or 3rd century CE and comes from the Eastern Mediterranean.
From the same time though dates a relief from Aphrodisias which shows very clearly the shape of the pectorale as Junkelmann has reconstructed it (to be found on page 82 of "Das Spiel mit dem Tod"). That pectorale looks like a bib with a U-shaped neck. On the same page is another picture but that is highly stylized, nonetheless you could see clearly that the pectorale is still like a bib and not like a collar, though you can't identify what shape the neck has.
I'll try to scan those pics in when I come to the office tomorrow morning. My co-worker whose terminal is connected to the scanner is on vacation so chances are good that I could use it. :lol:
