03-15-2012, 01:50 PM
Hi folks!
I have been looking for belts found completely. So far I have the two Auerberg belts, and Velsen. The Idria pri Baci finds are BCE. They all seem to have way less belt plates than what we see normally both depicted and displayed by reenactors.
Dagger belts:
Auerberg 1: 1 buckle plate, two frog plates, one plate => 4
Auerberg 2: 1 buckle plate, two frog plates, one plate, one round plate =>5
Velsen: 1 buckle plate, two frog lates, three plates => 6
My question: Do you know of any other *dagger* belt sets from between 9 BCE and 50 which are complete? How many plates do they have? I think in regard of the early tombstones (also the Vindonissa sword belt had not a lot of plates) interpretation of belts in form of being full of plates was quite erroneous. Any thoughts?
I have been looking for belts found completely. So far I have the two Auerberg belts, and Velsen. The Idria pri Baci finds are BCE. They all seem to have way less belt plates than what we see normally both depicted and displayed by reenactors.
Dagger belts:
Auerberg 1: 1 buckle plate, two frog plates, one plate => 4
Auerberg 2: 1 buckle plate, two frog plates, one plate, one round plate =>5
Velsen: 1 buckle plate, two frog lates, three plates => 6
My question: Do you know of any other *dagger* belt sets from between 9 BCE and 50 which are complete? How many plates do they have? I think in regard of the early tombstones (also the Vindonissa sword belt had not a lot of plates) interpretation of belts in form of being full of plates was quite erroneous. Any thoughts?
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
