01-11-2012, 03:34 AM
Brian
I'd love to help you out but I only got to see the armour through the VERY kind offices of Louise as a special favour.
When I saw it the small head fragment was already lifted from the soil block and laid in a small protective, plastic box - and yes, Louise the photographs are more detailed than the earlier ones - but if Penny has conserved it then I imagine she has photographed it from every conceivable angle and possibly used the whizzo fantastic x-ray software they have at Cardiff Museum which really is state of the art and should, hopefully, show how the head has been attached to the copper alloy. :wink: I know that one of the bent over "pins" as we can see in the small scale is attached to the lower end of the head fragment. Sorry, that's about as much as I can say!
Edited to add: If you look at photographs one and two on the blog you can see what is potentially the end of a pin bent over in the upper most part of the plaque, top left as it were. My photo shows one on the bottom right, so this would match the picture of the roves, which is the last photo on the blog. (Think that makes sense...)
Louise: I should have known that the lifting of the layers would have been meticulously recorded so I apologise for any implied criticism from my comment. What I should have said, really, is that the copper alloy disks weren't mentioned in the context of the blog on the small head fragment and I think these pieces are key to understanding what this fascinating artefact is! But then I SO want this to be a chamfron I tend to get blinded by that from the other possibilities which are as yet unexplored. :oops:
I'd love to help you out but I only got to see the armour through the VERY kind offices of Louise as a special favour.
When I saw it the small head fragment was already lifted from the soil block and laid in a small protective, plastic box - and yes, Louise the photographs are more detailed than the earlier ones - but if Penny has conserved it then I imagine she has photographed it from every conceivable angle and possibly used the whizzo fantastic x-ray software they have at Cardiff Museum which really is state of the art and should, hopefully, show how the head has been attached to the copper alloy. :wink: I know that one of the bent over "pins" as we can see in the small scale is attached to the lower end of the head fragment. Sorry, that's about as much as I can say!
Edited to add: If you look at photographs one and two on the blog you can see what is potentially the end of a pin bent over in the upper most part of the plaque, top left as it were. My photo shows one on the bottom right, so this would match the picture of the roves, which is the last photo on the blog. (Think that makes sense...)
Louise: I should have known that the lifting of the layers would have been meticulously recorded so I apologise for any implied criticism from my comment. What I should have said, really, is that the copper alloy disks weren't mentioned in the context of the blog on the small head fragment and I think these pieces are key to understanding what this fascinating artefact is! But then I SO want this to be a chamfron I tend to get blinded by that from the other possibilities which are as yet unexplored. :oops:
Moi Watson
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
