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Roman plate?
#1
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
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#2
I would say it is a decorative plate for a soldiers armour. I don't see any horse use.
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#3
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 Smile 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:
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#4
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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#5
This mid-torso reconstruction seems a bit far-fetched Big Grin
Mark - Legio Leonum Valentiniani
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#6
Quote:This mid-torso reconstruction seems a bit far-fetched Big Grin

I agree ;-)
Ivor

"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
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