08-30-2003, 01:37 PM
Hi David,<br>
Missed your post by just a few minutes..<br>
I hear you on fakes and the Wall pieces. I'll leave it at that with both of these items; Antoninus, should we start another thread on this item? It looks very promising and I wouldn't be responsible for mixing up subjects and threads.<br>
<br>
So, back to plumbatae on this one. OK, if not faked, I am getting very interested in what this material could actually be. Where are the plumbatae found in Britain? Bishop & Coulston mention finds from Wroxeter (several), Kenchester, Catterick, Brough (Burgh?) Castle, Richborough, Doncaster and Carnarfon.<br>
I have not a clue at which museums these have ended up eventually, can anyone help there? Sander, maybe? You have acess to the bibliography, so it seems.<br>
Establishing a kind of average weight for the head plus weight could do a bit more to establish what Dave's items should weigh.<br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert<br>
<br>
<p></p><i></i>
Missed your post by just a few minutes..<br>
I hear you on fakes and the Wall pieces. I'll leave it at that with both of these items; Antoninus, should we start another thread on this item? It looks very promising and I wouldn't be responsible for mixing up subjects and threads.<br>
<br>
So, back to plumbatae on this one. OK, if not faked, I am getting very interested in what this material could actually be. Where are the plumbatae found in Britain? Bishop & Coulston mention finds from Wroxeter (several), Kenchester, Catterick, Brough (Burgh?) Castle, Richborough, Doncaster and Carnarfon.<br>
I have not a clue at which museums these have ended up eventually, can anyone help there? Sander, maybe? You have acess to the bibliography, so it seems.<br>
Establishing a kind of average weight for the head plus weight could do a bit more to establish what Dave's items should weigh.<br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert<br>
<br>
<p></p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)