Roman knife shapes

[Medicus matt]

The 'bundle' on the right does appear to have a ring pommel knife

There's a hole in part of the sculpture which looks like it might be part of a ring pommel....or it could be damage to the sculpture itself..it might be all sorts of things. I still think that the evidence for claiming that these are bundles of anything is pretty flimsy.
There's an even clearer picture here, possibly taken from a slightly higher angle.

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Those 'bundles' fill the space between the table top and shelf above, rather than 'floating' in the space as the other knives do. To me, that indicates that they are part of the furniture rather than seperate items. The four square items set in front of them are obviously standing proud of whatever they are...and they do seem to have handles on them.