02-02-2015, 05:21 PM
What do you think about the number 1. Is it a Roman plate of soldiers or is it for horses parade masks?
https://www.academia.edu/10336412/New_Da...Porolissum
https://www.academia.edu/10336412/New_Da...Porolissum
Roman plate?
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02-02-2015, 05:21 PM
What do you think about the number 1. Is it a Roman plate of soldiers or is it for horses parade masks?
https://www.academia.edu/10336412/New_Da...Porolissum
02-02-2015, 05:43 PM
I would say it is a decorative plate for a soldiers armour. I don't see any horse use.
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02-02-2015, 08:00 PM
I does seem kind of small for a piece of a chamfron, if that's what you have in mind.
And I think the beast in the lower registrer is supposed to be a capricorn Check out Garbsch P3, Taf. 34/1 for an even uglier capricorn (and a pretty good overall analogy). You coud let me look at that plate sometime :wink:
02-03-2015, 06:56 AM
Quote:What do you think about the number 1. Is it a Roman plate of soldiers or is it for horses parade masks? I think it is a breastplate-like decoration of a mail or scale armour, quite a few of which are known. It lacks the upward curvature typically seen with those, but that may have broken off or have been cut off - I can't tell from the pic. In terms of size it compares nicely to the Bertoldsheim piece I did a few years ago: http://sutor.jimdo.com/escapees/roman/br...ail-shirt/
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02-03-2015, 09:21 AM
This mid-torso reconstruction seems a bit far-fetched
Mark - Legio Leonum Valentiniani
02-03-2015, 09:23 AM
Quote:This mid-torso reconstruction seems a bit far-fetched I agree ;-)
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