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| Name: |
Cavalry Sports CSE 06 (Straubing) |
| Robinson type: |
Cavalry Sports E |
| Findspot: |
Straubing, (DEU), found 1950 in the Roman villa, 3 km west of the fortress |
| Date: |
first third of the 3rd century AD. |
| Now kept: |
Straubing, Gäubodenmuseum or RGZM, Mainz [copy?]. |
| Dimensions: |
H, 275mm; B, 186mm |
| Discuss on RAT: |
http://www.roma...wforum.php?f=45 |
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| Remarks: |
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Bronze.
Youthful female face with weakly indicated eyebrows and indication of the irises by means of circles of metal, soldered onto the mask.
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Eye sockets, nostril holes and lips been perforated through the metal of the mask.
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Upward pointed tapered 'hairdo' made up from tiny curls, in rows, arranged about the middle vertex, that cover also the ears.
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There are rivet holes for the attachment of the metal loops that held the leather straps, which secured the helmet on the head.
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Photos (c) Karwansaray BV and (No.3) Luc de Vos.
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| References: |
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Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.125, No.365
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Garbsch, J., (1978), "Römische Paraderüstungen" p.48, B6 & Taf.2, 3
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Keim, J. & Klumbach, A., (1951), "Der Römische schatzfund aus Straubing", Taf.5
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| Now kept: |
Mainz |
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