04-05-2010, 11:53 PM
back to Benjamin and Roderic,
Quite an interesting stone, though. It appears as a semi-hunting scene, with hounds trying to down a deer, either a doe or spike-horn. The shields were used by just about everyone at this time, and we should never judge a spear/hasta/pilum by its length on a carved stone or graffitio. There's never enough room to show true length.
Check out the side scrolling-- full of gryphons, once a mythical steppe animal only. Things get around, don't they. :lol:
Quite an interesting stone, though. It appears as a semi-hunting scene, with hounds trying to down a deer, either a doe or spike-horn. The shields were used by just about everyone at this time, and we should never judge a spear/hasta/pilum by its length on a carved stone or graffitio. There's never enough room to show true length.
Check out the side scrolling-- full of gryphons, once a mythical steppe animal only. Things get around, don't they. :lol:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb