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Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - MeinPanzer - 11-13-2007
I just found this and I think it's pretty interesting. A very vibrant depiction of a gladiator from Begram in Afghanistan dating to the 1st C. AD. I believe this is an example of Syrian glasswork that had been imported.
![[Image: mgbegram15.jpg]](http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/mg/mgbegram15.jpg)
Re: Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-22-2007
Nice! there is a nice piece at Vindolanda, Fragmentary, but they found another piece this year. It too depicts gladiator scenes..
Re: Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - Aetius Helvius Merula - 11-23-2007
Wow! Must have been a pretty piece when new.
Re: Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - Robert Vermaat - 11-23-2007
Quote:A very vibrant depiction of a gladiator from Begram in Afghanistan dating to the 1st C. AD.
Nice!
That's Begram or Bagram, as in the airbase?
Re: Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - MeinPanzer - 11-23-2007
Quote:MeinPanzer:1ncstkt0 Wrote:A very vibrant depiction of a gladiator from Begram in Afghanistan dating to the 1st C. AD.
Nice!
That's Begram or Bagram, as in the airbase?
Begram and Bagram are just different spellings for the same city. At any rate, rather than mentioning modern names, I should have just said that it was found in the ruins of what are thought to have been Alexandria in the Caucasus.
Re: Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - Robert Vermaat - 11-23-2007
Quote:Begram and Bagram are just different spellings for the same city. At any rate, rather than mentioning modern names, I should have just said that it was found in the ruins of what are thought to have been Alexandria in the Caucasus.
Caucasus and Afghanistan?
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Re: Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - MeinPanzer - 11-24-2007
Quote:MeinPanzer:39z4wkx7 Wrote:Begram and Bagram are just different spellings for the same city. At any rate, rather than mentioning modern names, I should have just said that it was found in the ruins of what are thought to have been Alexandria in the Caucasus.
Caucasus and Afghanistan?
The Greek name for the Hindu Kush range was the Caucasus, so it was called "Alexandria on the Caucasus."
Re: Gladiator on Glass Goblet from Begram - Robert Vermaat - 11-24-2007
OK!
One never stops learning.