06-05-2009, 04:40 PM
Quote:But as has been pointed out before, why would all this lead be missing while the bronze still exists
I agree that this is puzzling, but we also have to ask why two seemingly identical sauroters would exist, one with a lead weight, one without. As to the casting, I picked that up from the Legio XX site- I have no special knowledge of roman equipement. Since the "sleeve" section is quite thin, once the shaft is removed it sould be quite easy for the sleeve to collapse enough to let the lead slip off. Perhaps there is a drawer of lead weights that were found near sauroters and never connected to their use. I will note that I have not yet found an image showing the lead weight.
Perhaps the fact that we don't have any surviving pila weights shows that lead balls like this were considered very useful and recycled more than sauroters.
Paul M. Bardunias
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