Hey Jessica
Also i think the authors of this very good book could help;
Gladiators and Ceasars, The Power Of Spectacle in Ancient Rome. Eds.:
Eckart Köhne and Cornelia Ewigleben (British Museum 2000)
Jesper S. Østergaard
Hessensgade 22, 2tv
2300 Copenhagen S
DenmarK
--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Jessica Grimm <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Jessica Grimm <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [ZOOARCH] ivory clasp knife decorated with gladiators
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 1:09 PM
> Hi all,
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> OK not strictly archaeozoology but I hope you will have a
> look and maybe
> pass my question around to Roman archaeologists you might
> know or which
> happen to work in the same building. A decorated part of an
> ivory clasp
> knife was found in the Roman town at Caerwent, Wales
> depicting two
> fighting gladiators. After an extensive literature search
> and a thorough
> browse of the internet, I couldn't find any similar
> knife handles. The
> only ones I could find were of single gladiators (from
> England, France
> and Germany). My question thus is, are there any Roman
> knives out there
> which depict two gladiators? Land of origin doesn't
> matter as I am
> grateful for any you can come up with (this includes copper
> alloy ones,
> bone ones etc)! A picture is posted on bonecommons:
> http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?p=1253#125
> 3.
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> Best wishes and many thanks, Jessica Grimm
>
>
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