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tiny York sword: votive? - richsc - 01-20-2016
you may have seen the archaeologist with the tiny sword from that recent York dig last week. here is a better image of it. Votive offering?
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Dan Howard - 01-20-2016
Definitive proof of the existence of leprechauns.
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - mcbishop - 01-21-2016
(01-20-2016, 01:17 PM)richsc Wrote: you may have seen the archaeologist with the tiny sword from that recent York dig last week. here is a better image of it. Votive offering?
It's not from York, but rather from a settlement at Scotch Corner (which the media are claiming is 'new' but I know of at least two digs on it in the past, one of them by me!), where the A66 leaves Dere Street to cross the Pennines (so an important Roman road junction). My theory is that it was made for a very very small legionary ;-)
Mike Bishop
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Flavivs Aetivs - 01-21-2016
(01-21-2016, 10:41 AM)mcbishop Wrote:(01-20-2016, 01:17 PM)richsc Wrote: you may have seen the archaeologist with the tiny sword from that recent York dig last week. here is a better image of it. Votive offering?
It's not from York, but rather from a settlement at Scotch Corner (which the media are claiming is 'new' but I know of at least two digs on it in the past, one of them by me!), where the A66 leaves Dere Street to cross the Pennines (so an important Roman road junction). My theory is that it was made for a very very small legionary ;-)
Mike Bishop
Could it have been for the equivalent of a Roman action figure?
G. I. Josephus?
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Gunthamund Hasding - 01-21-2016
A tiny little roman spy
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Athena Areias - 01-21-2016
Back when house elves were armed...
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Dan Howard - 01-21-2016
Quote:Could it have been for the equivalent of a Roman action figure?With realistic life-like pilum-throwing arm action.
G. I. Josephus?
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Flavivs Aetivs - 01-21-2016
(01-21-2016, 09:38 PM)Dan Howard Wrote:Quote:Could it have been for the equivalent of a Roman action figure?With realistic life-like pilum-throwing arm action.
G. I. Josephus?
But does it have kung-fu grip?
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Robert Vermaat - 01-22-2016
Apparently it was dug up by a smurf?
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Alanus - 01-22-2016
It could be related to the Roxolani Pygmies who took a wrong turn on the Ister, crossed Britain, and reached Maine where we have the famous Boothbay Harbor Roman Sword Museum.
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Gunthamund Hasding - 01-25-2016
Is a matter of perspective. I think that the sword is a normal gladius what is wrong in the pictures are the hands. They belong to an Giant. Probably at least 3 m (9ft) tall.
RE: tiny York sword: votive? - Dan Howard - 01-25-2016
That explains why the hands are blue. The sword is being held by a Nordic frost giant.