12-03-2005, 04:35 PM
Quote:It's also interesting how the gladius is worn on top of the paenula.
It's more subtle than that: the line of the baldric beneath the paenula is suggested by the line in the garment. What is visible over the paenula is his shield carrying strap, which you can just about make out on his left shoulder (both details are much clearer on the photo I have (which is copyrighted, so I can't post it unfortunately... or fortunately, as you'll just have to take my word for it ;-). The shield carrying strap is also plainly visible on two of the the other Puteoli reliefs (another guy with a small round shield on one - Fig.3 in the article cited below - the other with a large body shield (complete with scorpion blazon: Fig.10 in the same article) and his forefinger hooked engagingly in the strap on the other - Fig.1 in the article).
Here's that rather jolly little article on these reliefs with some piccies (be warned: this is a PDF of the whole volume, some 11.9Mb):
http://www.ajaonline.org/archive/105.4/ ... pdf#flower
Mike Bishop
