01-24-2008, 09:50 AM
Quote:I know this one. What is "original source"? You mean the bibliographic reference where the picture comes from? Or you mean where exactly was this falx found?
I found this in an old article discussing the identities of the various barbarian figures on the Adamklissi monument, and it mentioned it only tangentially with a reference to the original publication. I have not yet been able to get a hold of that original publication, but I will be able to soon.
Quote:This is one for 2 hands. There are other examples of falx for 1 hand usage (falx, not sica). There are only a few falxes found. Less than 10. And some of them maybe are modern forgeries because the provenance is not known or suspicious. Also, all of them were found in southern Transylvania. In the rest of the Dacian area, are found normal swords.
Can you provide me with some information on some other actual examples of falxes found? Bibliographical references would be ideal.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
