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I took this picture two years ago in Kopenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek.
As I remember, the inscription was lost and there was no description of finding place or date.
It seems to show a vexillarius of the mid to late 2nd Century (hair and beard).
I took the foto because of the interesting way this man is wearing his sagum. Never seen that before!
Puzzling is broad shoulder-belt. Neither sword nor shield (on back) is depicted. Perhaps this belt is used to hold the folds of the sagum?
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Here`s the picture:
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He looks vaguely like a Scot wearing the plaid....
I don't know the history of the plaid, as in where the idea originated, but could this be the forebear worn by a Celtic Legionary...?
You can see a round clasp holding the sagum just above the 'sword belt'
What does he have his right hand on...?
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A vexillum, Cristina 8)
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Yeah, what does he have his right hand on, as his left hand is on a vexillum? :wink:
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Perhaps he holds his shield and the helmet on the ground, a feature I've seen on a Gladiatorian gravestone.
It would be nice, if Decebalus could post a bigger photo, surely he made one with better details.
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Ooops, right hand... :oops:
Well, through a wild guess, it could be a patera over an perfume burner... :?
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...or a large seated cat. No wait, this is the wrong thread. Sorry, don't kill me.
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looks like a gallic helmet! Or a face mask?
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Here`s a close-up of the object on his right side.
Looking at the original my first thougt was that he is throwing a flower into the urn-like object and the bigger round thing between his fingers and the "urn" would be the opened lid. Perhaps he`s in the process of sacrifice??
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It is clear for me... 8)
Look at the approx. contemporary sacrificing tribune of the Dura wall painting:
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Getting back to the cloak chaps, he could in fact be wearing an Exomis tunic A Greek style garment the best illustrated example of which is the scene of Aeneas being treated for a leg wound on a Pompeii wall painting. I would like to see a better picture however.
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Quote:...or a large seated cat. No wait, this is the wrong thread. Sorry, don't kill me.
I thought it looked like a cat too....but didn't want to mention it.... :lol:
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Could the broad band not actualy be part of the sagum, having been rolled up at the narrow ends, draped around the body in an 8 shape and then pinned?
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