11-19-2011, 05:44 PM
One other find from the Danish bogs that I discovered reading the new book on the textiles (War and Worship: Textiles from 3rd 4th century AD weapons deposits , by Susan Moller- Wiering http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/I...Result/Yes ) was tablet weave imprints being found on numerous spearheads.
The tablet weave that had been attached to the spear heads are long gone, but the marks are unmistakable.
This gives the first archaeological proof , I believe, to the streamers/ pennons shown in the Dura Europas graffitto of a clibanarius, and (more dodgily) the De Rebus Bellicis copied illustrations. For a long time, I have had tablet weave on my Late Roman spear as an identifier- and was very chuffed to see this new evidence.
mile:
The tablet weave that had been attached to the spear heads are long gone, but the marks are unmistakable.
This gives the first archaeological proof , I believe, to the streamers/ pennons shown in the Dura Europas graffitto of a clibanarius, and (more dodgily) the De Rebus Bellicis copied illustrations. For a long time, I have had tablet weave on my Late Roman spear as an identifier- and was very chuffed to see this new evidence.
mile:
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