02-15-2014, 04:49 PM
I think that this "Childerich"-reconstruction is a bit too "hunnic-influenced" as to be possible for a warrior in the western army in the first half of the 5th.
The silver rivets and the tube were all found in a small area of ~ 10 x 10 cm 8cm below the shoulder of the blade. 3 on the right of the blade, 3 on the left, 2 and the tube below the blade. That points against this arrangement as here some rivets would have to be about 25-30 cm below the others.
When using Steuer`s article, I`d put the Kemathen guy in the 4th/5th century row with the waist belts.
The Childerich-spatha, in my opinion, was mounted like most of the gold-hilted spathas of that timeframe with the two suspensions parallel on one level on the scabbard. There are some finds with identical suspensions found still in place (Gültlingen, Basel,...)
The Lavoye 319 grave is totally singular in the form of the suspensions (8-pointed stars in cloisonnee) as well as in the reconstructed style of mounting them to the scabbard.
The whole style represented in the Childerich-burial follows the one seen in the Kemathen grave:
In my opinion Kemathen is still clearly late roman and Childerich and others from that time (min. 30 years later) a new, hunnic and byzantine influenced "barbarian" style that was in use all over europe in a very small high status group
The silver rivets and the tube were all found in a small area of ~ 10 x 10 cm 8cm below the shoulder of the blade. 3 on the right of the blade, 3 on the left, 2 and the tube below the blade. That points against this arrangement as here some rivets would have to be about 25-30 cm below the others.
When using Steuer`s article, I`d put the Kemathen guy in the 4th/5th century row with the waist belts.
The Childerich-spatha, in my opinion, was mounted like most of the gold-hilted spathas of that timeframe with the two suspensions parallel on one level on the scabbard. There are some finds with identical suspensions found still in place (Gültlingen, Basel,...)
The Lavoye 319 grave is totally singular in the form of the suspensions (8-pointed stars in cloisonnee) as well as in the reconstructed style of mounting them to the scabbard.
The whole style represented in the Childerich-burial follows the one seen in the Kemathen grave:
In my opinion Kemathen is still clearly late roman and Childerich and others from that time (min. 30 years later) a new, hunnic and byzantine influenced "barbarian" style that was in use all over europe in a very small high status group
Als Mensch zu dumm, als Schwein zu kleine Ohren...
Jürgen Graßler
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Jürgen Graßler
www.schorsch-der-schmied.de
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