What Happened to the Eagles?

[AMELIANVS]

Maybe we should only discuss specific topics about the art here, and save discussions about eagles and numbers for the other sections?

Ok.I dont know if there is(I would be surprised if not)some topic about military standarts,so redirected this elsewhere if needed.
To Baylonian eagle-as I already mentioned,we would probably never by sure what this eagle purpose really was,but the possibility that it is indeed rare survived aquila exist.I first met this option in Article by Raffaele D'Amato about late Roman/early Byzantine standarts for Ancient warfare magazine.
The best picture(only one side view)Ive found so far(but more are on the internet)is official photo of the institution where it is stored now-the Coptic museum of Cairo.Their own interpretation is in their words:
Bronze
H: 47 cm, W: 41 cm
Old Cairo, Fortress of Babylon, 3rd / 4th century

A majestic eagle with outspread wings holds in its talons a horn filled with leaves and fruitbearing branches. The eagle is an ancient symbol of power, beauty and independence. In Christianity the eagle became a symbol of resurrection and the evangelist St. John. This bronze eagle was discovered in the debris of the Fortress of Babylon.
http://www.coptic-cairo.com/museum/selec...metal.html


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