07-23-2007, 09:32 PM
As artefactual evidence is concerned:
A single undecorated leather scabbard (vagina) was unearthed in Vindonissa (Gansser-Burckhardt A., Das Leder und seine Verarbeitung im römische Legionslager Vindonissa, Basel, 1942, p. 73, Abb. 34c). A rare crimson-red painted leather example, with open-work design, was found at Masada, from the period of the First Jewish Revolt (AD66-73/4). It is included in the catalogue of militaria (Masada VIII) that is in print (at last) in this very moment.
A single undecorated leather scabbard (vagina) was unearthed in Vindonissa (Gansser-Burckhardt A., Das Leder und seine Verarbeitung im römische Legionslager Vindonissa, Basel, 1942, p. 73, Abb. 34c). A rare crimson-red painted leather example, with open-work design, was found at Masada, from the period of the First Jewish Revolt (AD66-73/4). It is included in the catalogue of militaria (Masada VIII) that is in print (at last) in this very moment.
