12-02-2014, 05:12 PM
This same applies to the pen & ink drawings of the Column of Arcadius. Why are the Goths in the left part of the second panel wearing hauberks but those to the right not? Same query as you have, but both groups are undeniably Goths that are depicted on the pen & ink drawings.
The photograph your referring to has both the left and right side supplicating figures holding identical bowls. They also have what looks like identical beards. The only difference being what they are wearing on their bodies and heads. But that also applies to the pen & ink drawings as I noted above. These may be representations of both Tervingi and Greuthungi Goths for all we know.
I actually saw this monument on my research trip to Istanbul last year and took many photo's of it which I did post a link to in another section. It is very weathered and the other sides have some interesting scenes as well.
The photograph your referring to has both the left and right side supplicating figures holding identical bowls. They also have what looks like identical beards. The only difference being what they are wearing on their bodies and heads. But that also applies to the pen & ink drawings as I noted above. These may be representations of both Tervingi and Greuthungi Goths for all we know.
I actually saw this monument on my research trip to Istanbul last year and took many photo's of it which I did post a link to in another section. It is very weathered and the other sides have some interesting scenes as well.
Adrian Coombs-Hoar
