02-27-2017, 09:28 AM
It would be great if the stone with the Supplicant Soldiers relief has been saved. I'm wondering now if its not in the restored Hamami building itself?
As to the Soldiers and their gear- having closely inspected another stone with similar relief's on them in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum I can say that they all wear Muscle Cuirasses with defined rims around the edges. Most of the infantry have spears and shields and the shield design is the Chi-Rho symbol. This is exactly what is seen in other photographs of the 'missing'(presumed found) Supplicant Soldier stone.
I have no idea why anyone connects them with any one else other than the Emperor Arcadius as we know that the stones were all taken from the Column of Arcadius, erected to commemorate the victory over Gainas in 400AD and erected in 425AD. It was badly damaged by earthquakes and by a fire and then was torn down, the rubble used in the building of the Hamami foundations. The base of the column still exists off Beyazit Square in Istanbul.
As to the Soldiers and their gear- having closely inspected another stone with similar relief's on them in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum I can say that they all wear Muscle Cuirasses with defined rims around the edges. Most of the infantry have spears and shields and the shield design is the Chi-Rho symbol. This is exactly what is seen in other photographs of the 'missing'(presumed found) Supplicant Soldier stone.
I have no idea why anyone connects them with any one else other than the Emperor Arcadius as we know that the stones were all taken from the Column of Arcadius, erected to commemorate the victory over Gainas in 400AD and erected in 425AD. It was badly damaged by earthquakes and by a fire and then was torn down, the rubble used in the building of the Hamami foundations. The base of the column still exists off Beyazit Square in Istanbul.
Adrian Coombs-Hoar
