11-21-2012, 09:02 AM
Quote:Hi
Does anybody have an idea how the very-very-very thin plates of these late roman belts ( I have measured an original set from ca. 400 - 430 a.D. being between 1 and 1.5 mm thick)could have been cast?
Even with modern methods this is sometimes a problem, even if it has a quite large surface ( for example one of the plates is about 11 x 3,5 cm having a richly engraved surface)
The examples iv seen and measured are also about the same thick. I dont know enough about casting to know how they could be made. They clearly are not punched, and not actually carved so....