01-09-2007, 02:57 PM
Quote:"Noticing that among the bronze artefacts there were some circular plaques with rings attached, Comarmond concluded that these were linked with the reliefs on some ancient monuments, such as the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius., which featured helmets topped with a ring. On this evidence alone Comarmond described these objects as helmet-crests in his catalogues, though today they are known to be parts of the harnesses fitted to horses and other animals; and having acquired a Republican period helmet with the top missing, he did not hesitate to mount one of the locally found rings onto it."Thank you for the explanation, Tarbicus.