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The slave chains from neck to wrists I find interesting, for some years ago with my metal detector I found a small statue that was a seated figure with neck wrists and ankles all fixed in one. This kind of figure is very common however all types of them have two holes in them, one that goes from side to side thro' the waist while the other goes from the back of the neck to the bottom. An interesting aspect of these holes is that where they cross they are offset by half their diameter, therefore when I filed a groove in a 4 inch wire nail and fed it thro' one of the holes I could put another 4 inch wire nail thro' the other hole and the two nails became locked together. It makes one consider if all of this type of statue were more than just a decorative figure or did they have the function of locking shall we say slave chains.
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Laudes for the photo of someone actually holding an original pugio. It's a good reference.
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Can you post a picture of the small statue?
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Very interesting! The blade shape of the pugio strongly resembles earlier, first and second century BC blades but the pommel expansion is unusually wide and looks a little strange. A laud point is gratefully given.
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These items are in amazing condition!
I take it they have been put through some restoration/preservation process?
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