01-29-2009, 12:19 PM
Patryk. The 2 red circles you show at the top corners and the 2 at the lower sides are not rivets this I can assure you, for in the past I did have a fiber glass copy of the original and I am familiar with every detail of this mask. This is how I was able to produce and publish a paper about the Kalkriese, there are 2 holes at the top corners and 2 on the lower cheek areas but they were not for rivets. They are the 4 holes that make this mask similar to the 4 holes in the Vetchen mask, however half of the diameter of these holes are under the width of the edge strip which indicates that they were made before the edge strip was applied.
Then the 2 green circles you show are around the 2 holes that are in 2 dull rectangular areas that held a hinge bar similar to the one on the Vetchen mask, these dull areas are better shown in the picture put forward by Cesar at page 2. These 6 holes were all covered by the silver sheet that was once on this mask, and the 3 that are at the center brow area are the only 3 that would have been seen. The silver being robbed from the mask in the Varus battle has now revealed the other holes that tell us the history of this mask before 9AD.
Then the 2 green circles you show are around the 2 holes that are in 2 dull rectangular areas that held a hinge bar similar to the one on the Vetchen mask, these dull areas are better shown in the picture put forward by Cesar at page 2. These 6 holes were all covered by the silver sheet that was once on this mask, and the 3 that are at the center brow area are the only 3 that would have been seen. The silver being robbed from the mask in the Varus battle has now revealed the other holes that tell us the history of this mask before 9AD.
Brian Stobbs
