05-04-2016, 05:45 PM
(05-04-2016, 05:13 PM)Renatus Wrote: I am not so sure about Durio, however. The object he is holding is in his right hand and I have tended to see it as a curved sword.
A curved sword would be a far more radical weapon than a bow for a Roman cavalryman, I think! Unless it's some sort of Dacian falx he's brandishing...
It is hard to make out, but the grip is odd for a sword - I see it as a bow, either held in the right hand, or in the left hand with the right hand also close to the stave (perhaps prepared to draw back the string?). Have you come across any other studies of Durio, or of similar stones?
Nathan Ross
