Isn't this so beautiful?! I'm pretty obsessed with the reverse design of these bronzes from NW Spain (Lugo perhaps?) https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=908 …pic.twitter.com/fipw9h2D6Y
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I've been tripping over such weapons for ages and could stand to properly read something if you had any recommendations: https://livyarrow.org/?s=falcata
So the difficult thing to me is that the weapon-form that is a falcata in an Iberian context is just a kopis if it's in a Greek context. I haven't seen yet - would be very interested to see - a typological distinction between the two based on something other than find context.
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So you really do find the weapon-form *everywhere* and often with different cultural connotations. I mean, check out this one - what weapon is Bes here holding? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Bes_and_Beset-E_11138-IMG_8039-black.jpg …
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I suppose then it's a situation where the meaning of the Falcata/Kopis weapon-type is going to vary quite a bit based on context too
The one thing I think we can say is it tends to signal 'not Roman' because the Romans don't seem to have ever made much use of it. - Näytä vastaukset
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