04-14-2003, 12:18 PM
Hi Tim!<br>
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Our colleague Guy Stiebel is referring to nine (no. 757 is a "void" number) so called copper alloy "Waffenschildchen" resp. "Besitzermarken" (owner's tags), here in the form of <em>tabulae ansatae</em>. I think Guy is suggesting that these <em>might</em> originally have been fixed on shields but Oldenstein gives some other ideas, too. Nearly all of the presented pieces have an inscription ("belonging to the <em>centuria</em> of..."), the letters being composed of dots. The tags are about 8-10 cms. long and around 5 cms. wide, are made of sheet metal and have holes where they were fixed with wire, nails etc. to whatever they were fixed to.<br>
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Greetings,<br>
<br>
Martin <p></p><i></i>
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Our colleague Guy Stiebel is referring to nine (no. 757 is a "void" number) so called copper alloy "Waffenschildchen" resp. "Besitzermarken" (owner's tags), here in the form of <em>tabulae ansatae</em>. I think Guy is suggesting that these <em>might</em> originally have been fixed on shields but Oldenstein gives some other ideas, too. Nearly all of the presented pieces have an inscription ("belonging to the <em>centuria</em> of..."), the letters being composed of dots. The tags are about 8-10 cms. long and around 5 cms. wide, are made of sheet metal and have holes where they were fixed with wire, nails etc. to whatever they were fixed to.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
<br>
Martin <p></p><i></i>
