01-24-2006, 01:39 PM
Avete omnes,
Gioi - thank You again, this time for the line drawing of the chariot. In Bernard Andreae "Das Alexandermosaik" I read that Darius' chariot from the mosaic had only one pole with two pole-horses and two horses on the very left and very right side. The outer ones would be fixed with the chariot-box directly. A closer look on the mosaic seems to prove this theory:
[url:2wjz0vho]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/uwe-bahr/Tafel14.jpg[/url]
So - in changing the above line drawing - the horses would have been fixed like this:
![[Image: chariot-1-axle.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/uwe-bahr/chariot-1-axle.jpg)
My question to all of You is, do You think that this reconstruction could be possible, as the mosaic seems to show it? I have to admit that I know only examples with two poles like the famous golden piece from the Oxus treasure (scroll down a little bit):
[url:2wjz0vho]http://perso.wanadoo.fr/spqr/takht_sangin.htm[/url]
In my opinion the one-pole version could be an advantage if You want to make a turn, as the driver of Darius' chariot obviously is just doing to the right - look at the position and direction of the two outer horses. They are clearly moving more to the right than the two inner horses which are rigidly fixed to the pole.
Greets - Uwe
Gioi - thank You again, this time for the line drawing of the chariot. In Bernard Andreae "Das Alexandermosaik" I read that Darius' chariot from the mosaic had only one pole with two pole-horses and two horses on the very left and very right side. The outer ones would be fixed with the chariot-box directly. A closer look on the mosaic seems to prove this theory:
[url:2wjz0vho]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/uwe-bahr/Tafel14.jpg[/url]
So - in changing the above line drawing - the horses would have been fixed like this:
My question to all of You is, do You think that this reconstruction could be possible, as the mosaic seems to show it? I have to admit that I know only examples with two poles like the famous golden piece from the Oxus treasure (scroll down a little bit):
[url:2wjz0vho]http://perso.wanadoo.fr/spqr/takht_sangin.htm[/url]
In my opinion the one-pole version could be an advantage if You want to make a turn, as the driver of Darius' chariot obviously is just doing to the right - look at the position and direction of the two outer horses. They are clearly moving more to the right than the two inner horses which are rigidly fixed to the pole.
Greets - Uwe
Greets - Uwe
