03-22-2012, 03:02 AM
Crispvs.
Where you say that both yourself and Christian have read the Morel and Bosman article then you should also be aware that there are indeed three plates that have been bent over at their short ends and not just one.
It does indeed say that contents of the well were sifted but this was material that had been removed from the well however there may also have been material that was not removed from the well.
In fact in relation to this article there is what I would consider a mistake on the size of one of the frog plates, for when we look at the size of both frogs they are both longer than the buckle and its plate yet it states that one frog is smaller than the buckle and its plate which should give us around 44cm with them end to end and not just 42cm.
In fact as you mention yourself the "standing soldier" type stelae from the Rhineland generally show belts covered with plates, so we can't realy just take a small percentage of plates found to say that belts did not have a full compliment of plates.
Where you say that both yourself and Christian have read the Morel and Bosman article then you should also be aware that there are indeed three plates that have been bent over at their short ends and not just one.
It does indeed say that contents of the well were sifted but this was material that had been removed from the well however there may also have been material that was not removed from the well.
In fact in relation to this article there is what I would consider a mistake on the size of one of the frog plates, for when we look at the size of both frogs they are both longer than the buckle and its plate yet it states that one frog is smaller than the buckle and its plate which should give us around 44cm with them end to end and not just 42cm.
In fact as you mention yourself the "standing soldier" type stelae from the Rhineland generally show belts covered with plates, so we can't realy just take a small percentage of plates found to say that belts did not have a full compliment of plates.
Brian Stobbs
