New discovery shows spear wrapped in a rope

[sitalkes]

Well, a web and Perseus search isn't definitive but it's quite interesting the images of Ares I have seen only rarely have this pose except for those in sculpture, and none of them have a snake associated with them. Those in sculpture (and nearly all the others) hold a shield in their left hand. Ares is supposed to be a Thracian god that was adopted by the Greeks, but this is rather different from a Greek Ares. So this is definitely a Thracian Ares, and probably wears 4th century Thracian gear.