07-07-2010, 11:32 PM
This is the only depiction I have seen which seems to have a bearer interacting with the shield. But the problem is in the costume. The head dress is not the Mede tiara and trousers more typical of the black sea region. He also is missing the knee length tunic typical of Persian dress.
The decoration does not look like rawhide to me. It more resembles Kurdish wicker work which is decorated with coloured cord wound around each individual reed shaft in alternating bands. I'll find a picture.
Im Curios if there is actually a Greek depiction of the handle?
The decoration does not look like rawhide to me. It more resembles Kurdish wicker work which is decorated with coloured cord wound around each individual reed shaft in alternating bands. I'll find a picture.
Im Curios if there is actually a Greek depiction of the handle?
Stephen May - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.immortalminiatures.com">www.immortalminiatures.com
