10-29-2006, 11:37 PM
Avete omnes,
I've just been noticing that every single piece of artifactual evidence I have images of (fragments, edging, etc.) shows sharp corners on rectangular scuta- not one suggests the rather rounded corners that are usually seen on reenactors' scuta and this begs the question- is there any concrete reason to think that scuta ever had rounded corners? Even looking at iconographic sources, I see the vast majority or scutum corners depicted as being sharp, and only a very few are curved at all. Can anyone provide the evidence I seem to be unable to find, or is this the experience of others as well?
I've just been noticing that every single piece of artifactual evidence I have images of (fragments, edging, etc.) shows sharp corners on rectangular scuta- not one suggests the rather rounded corners that are usually seen on reenactors' scuta and this begs the question- is there any concrete reason to think that scuta ever had rounded corners? Even looking at iconographic sources, I see the vast majority or scutum corners depicted as being sharp, and only a very few are curved at all. Can anyone provide the evidence I seem to be unable to find, or is this the experience of others as well?
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