03-20-2023, 11:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-20-2023, 11:34 AM by Crispianus.)
Robert Vermaat: Where did you find it?
It seems to have engraved/inlaid designs in the blade that are not consistant with the era (broadly Ist century for the Pugio, Early Medieval Celtic/Scandinavian for the blade engraving)... so I imagine its not an original Roman piece, but rather a design based upon a roman pugio for the game or some other artwork.
Dagger sheaths would as you might expect be an elongated V shape, occasionally with a decorative plate which can reflect the shape of the blade to some extent:
EG: Search for the Velsen Pugio
It seems to have engraved/inlaid designs in the blade that are not consistant with the era (broadly Ist century for the Pugio, Early Medieval Celtic/Scandinavian for the blade engraving)... so I imagine its not an original Roman piece, but rather a design based upon a roman pugio for the game or some other artwork.
Dagger sheaths would as you might expect be an elongated V shape, occasionally with a decorative plate which can reflect the shape of the blade to some extent:
EG: Search for the Velsen Pugio
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
"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
