10-08-2011, 12:20 PM
Wow, great find.
It realy does looks a lot like the London trident.
Though the secondary backward hooks are missing, the surviving smaller point is worked a lot more rectangular than in the London example, so this one resembles a trident even more then the oone from London.
Of course the London trident can not be linked to Gladiator combat with certainty, and we do not find these special form of trident in iconography.
Do we have information concerning find spot and dating of this piece?
It realy does looks a lot like the London trident.
Though the secondary backward hooks are missing, the surviving smaller point is worked a lot more rectangular than in the London example, so this one resembles a trident even more then the oone from London.
Of course the London trident can not be linked to Gladiator combat with certainty, and we do not find these special form of trident in iconography.
Do we have information concerning find spot and dating of this piece?
Olaf Küppers - Histotainment, Event und Promotion - Germany
