Connector for Gladius belt

[wflo]

Hello Everybody

I'm looking for drawings or photographs of such belt "connector" like on the attached photo. Maybe some of you have something like this and can take pictures of each side? I need to make such connector as a last part to galdius I made. Thanks for help!

Best regards,
Wojtek

[jvrjenivs]

Hi Wojtek,

I think I can help you with images, drawings etc of several of these items, but I would like say I don't think this is meant to use that way. For some time the general view seems to be that it is part of elaborate horse harnesses. For you gladius I would recommend to just use a simple belt without such connector.

[agrimensor]

I second Jurjen, maybe this is a solution (see attachment)

[wflo]

Thanks for response. Temporary I'm using simple buckle to connect two belt stripes... Looks like this could be good solution...

Anyway, Jvrjenivs if you could send me some photos or drawings for better understanding of such connector I would be grateful. This could be useful for future

Agrimensor, does within this solution from your attachment a belt is made from one piece of leather?

Regards,
Wojtek

[Titvs Statilivs Castvs]

I guess there is absolutely no archaeological find or sculptural evidence about attaching the sword to a belt (shoulder/waist)?

[jvrjenivs]

I guess there is absolutely no archaeological find or sculptural evidence about attaching the sword to a belt (shoulder/waist)?

There is evidence for shoulder belts, of course, but they all don't show such an connector in their setup. They all seem to be made out of one piece, sometimes decorated.

Anyway, here some links to these kind of connectors from the Doorwerth horsegear finds:
http://www.rmo.nl/collectie/zoeken?objec...31%2f2.278
http://www.rmo.nl/collectie/zoeken?objec...31%2f2.144
http://www.rmo.nl/collectie/zoeken?objec...31%2f2.276

[Titvs Statilivs Castvs]

I guess there is absolutely no archaeological find or sculptural evidence about attaching the sword to a belt (shoulder/waist)?

There is evidence for shoulder belts, of course, but they all don't show such an connector in their setup. They all seem to be made out of one piece, sometimes decorated.

Anyway, here some links to these kind of connectors from the Doorwerth horsegear finds:
http://www.rmo.nl/collectie/zoeken?objec...31%2f2.278
http://www.rmo.nl/collectie/zoeken?objec...31%2f2.144
http://www.rmo.nl/collectie/zoeken?objec...31%2f2.276

What I mean is evidence for attaching the sword to the belt (with the four rings).:-)

[Vindex]

May I please be a cavalry bore and ask why the connector is thought to be harness? Or perhaps you could show me a ink to the previous discussion as me Search has not produced it.

Thanks in advance...

[jvrjenivs]

May I please be a cavalry bore and ask why the connector is thought to be harness? Or perhaps you could show me a ink to the previous discussion as me Search has not produced it.

Thanks in advance...

sure. Simply because over 90% of these finds could be positively linked to a cavalry context. See for instance the second items I mentioned in my previous post, where you can see it still connected to one of the back-phalerae of a cavalry harness from Doorwerth. For more information, I would suggest to look up this article by Mike Bishop.