tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post5150784176976769859..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The Amateurish Destruction of World History by Britain at Crosby GarrettPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-83266378968508293092011-04-11T11:18:44.497-07:002011-04-11T11:18:44.497-07:00Sad to say, I don't think we'll ever know....Sad to say, I don't think we'll ever know. <br /><br />We will not even ever have any certainty that the place indicated as the findspot actually was (sure, I am sure there has been a hole there and probably a small scatter of little bits of tinned bronze plate in its fill, but that will prove nothing). In the report of the "restoration" no mention is made of any samples being taken of the associated soil or corrosion products from the object itself.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-73237897829630117022011-04-11T11:00:38.951-07:002011-04-11T11:00:38.951-07:00A very interesting article.
I could never unders...A very interesting article. <br /><br />I could never understand why this helmet was treated as an isolated find.<br /><br />I'm not qualified to comment on the style of the helmet but I have mentioned before the ethnicity of the soldiers that were serving in that area (both male and female).<br /><br />There is a tombstone that was found at Brough (not far from Crosby Garrett) of Hermes of Commagene. I think that it is now in the FitzWilliam museum.<br /><br />The Tombstone is inscribed in Greek.<br /><br />"Let some traveller, on seeing Hermes of Commagene, aged 16 years, sheltered in the tomb by fate, call out: I give you my greetings, lad, though mortal the path of life you slowly tread, for swiftly have you winged your way to the land of the Cimmerian folk. Nor will your words be false, for the lad is good, and you will do him a good service."’ <br /><br />How will anyone ever find out if this helmet belonged to a soldier from Brough?Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866756476202032662noreply@blogger.com