Tombstones

[mcbishop]

Here's a biggie: 36 photos of P. Flavoleius Cordus of legio XIV Gemina (pedants need not bother telling me it says XIIII on the tombstone). Interesting details include a possible amentum for his ?pilum; the clearest boots of all the Rhineland tombstones (soles and lacing ridges carved, the rest presumably added in paint); the usual 'apron', belts, pre-Flavian tunic and cummberbund, as well as the mysterious box above the belt (with a hint of a suspension strap for it). The reason the pilum seems to have a strange terminal is that it, like Vonatorix's foot, was in high relief and thus had to be on a plinth.

He's lovely: enjoy him.



The entire tombstone set is here.

Mike Bishop