09-25-2005, 06:41 AM
I would vote for Annaius. Not only is the sculpture incredibly detailed (and the belt plate design not made by any manufacturer I know of) , but the belt plate design is repeated on the pugio, allowing a matching set of belt plates and pugio to be made!
Belt detail at http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... /torso.htm
Pugio detail at http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... dagger.htm
Whole sculpture at
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... annmap.htm
Re silver, there is absolutely proof of silver foil being soldered onto beltplates using tin to hold it in place. You might want to look at this discussion? http://www.romanarmy.nl/rat/viewtopic.php?t=4700
Cheers
Britannicus
Belt detail at http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... /torso.htm
Pugio detail at http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... dagger.htm
Whole sculpture at
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... annmap.htm
Re silver, there is absolutely proof of silver foil being soldered onto beltplates using tin to hold it in place. You might want to look at this discussion? http://www.romanarmy.nl/rat/viewtopic.php?t=4700
Cheers
Britannicus
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