question about pugio scabbard

[munazio planco]

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avete omnes

somebody know from what period is this scabbard?and in what museum is?

thank you

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

Yes, it's a local variant of pugio of Hispania. The scabbard is made in thin bronze plate with simple lineal decoration, and iron side guttering. I think it's begining of first century. Museum could be Coninmbriga (Portugal) ???

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

http://gladius.revistas.csic.es/index.ph...ew/247/253
http://gladius.revistas.csic.es/index.ph...ew/194/196

Some bibliography related

[munazio planco]

Very very interesting...thank you very much Lucivs.

[Pointer]

I also have a question about the Pugio itself...

It appears that it was a thin straight tang... different from the one to the far right. What type of hilt would this one have had?

[PhilusEstilius]

Patrick.
Where we can see the hand guard of the one with the long tang this dagger may have had a complete wood handle the one to the right may have had a shorter two thirds length tang, where a central rivet might have gone through combined with two rivets in the ends of the hand guard holding it all together.