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Posted: 10/5/2014 3:45:34 PM EDT
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picture?
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Posted: 10/5/2014 3:46:29 PM EDT
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Provenance.
Although it probably doesn't have providence either. |
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Posted: 10/5/2014 3:53:38 PM EDT
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Provenance. Although it probably doesn't have providence either. Fixed and thanks! Also no picture, I am posting from the cab of a tractor harvesting potatoes and the item is in fucking Utah. |
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Posted: 10/5/2014 3:57:19 PM EDT
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Indian Kattar?
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Posted: 10/5/2014 4:00:17 PM EDT
[#5]
pugio?
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Posted: 10/5/2014 4:04:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIt is a bit like a katar but I don't think it is. It doesn't use the two bar handle style like a katar. It has a single roundish handle with a band that goes around the forearm up by the elbow. Also the shielding is more substantial and shaped to form a half circle around the forearm with a larger concave to house the fist. Also it has less taper to the blade and is more slender. Looks like it was built to puncture armor. |
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Posted: 10/5/2014 4:04:47 PM EDT
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Something like a pata?
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Posted: 10/5/2014 4:06:03 PM EDT
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Google 'sica', OP.
Not saying it isn't by any means. But anything short of rusted out Roman weapons are pretty rare. Very little survived the era. Yes, there are several items, especially from Pompeii which are amazing and in excellent shape. But, for as long as the Romans ruled and the area they ruled in, there is surprisingly little surviving examples. A lot of what we think of as Roman items are interpretations based on educated guesses. |
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Posted: 10/5/2014 4:07:03 PM EDT
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Something like a pata? Yes very much like that! Although It doesn't strike me as being Asian and is bronze. |
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Posted: 10/5/2014 6:25:40 PM EDT
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Look up the Roman scissor that gladiators used.
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