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| Item details |
| Name: |
Cavalry Sports CSD 04 (Damascas) |
| Robinson type: |
Cavalry Sports D |
| Findspot: |
Found 1955 at the Roman necropolis, Tel Oum Hauran, Syria.(SYR) |
| Date: |
2nd century AD. |
| Now kept: |
Damascas, National Museum. |
| Dimensions: |
H: 250mm |
| Discuss on RAT: |
http://www.roma...wforum.php?f=45 |
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Remarks
| Item details |
| Remarks: |
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Bronze and silver.
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Picture shows a plaster reconstruction of the crushed original.
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There is an armed figure with a three-dimensional head at the centre of the brow, flanked by eagles.
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At the back, on either side, there is a pair of four-horsed chariots containing cloaked male figures.
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The mask has an embossed and engraved moustache and long sideburns.
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The ear guards are made in one with the skull.
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| References: |
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Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p120, No.345-8
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Garbsch, J., (1978), "Römische Paraderüstungen" p.61 & Taf.16, 1-2
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| Now kept: |
Unknown |
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