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Hello,

Does anyone recognise this particular piece of metalwork?

http://www.network54.com/Realm/thiudareiks/batmask2.jpg

...I had not seen it before and would like to hear date/findspot, if known.

Danke schön,


Kelvin Wilson

I cannot see the pic with my firefox, sorry, something?s wrong.

Strange... it opens in Internet Explorer, though!


Kelvin

With Firefox, i just get a blank page.
Trying to download the image nevertheless, my graphic converter says:"Image has been corrupted or is in an unknown file format."
Than it shows some hexcode
Same with Opera, but it worked with Safari
I will try to upload the image.

Can?t see anything, too....

Thomas

Geht mir genauso. :censored:
Firefox und Opera zeigen nur ein Grafiksymbol.
Safari zegt das Bild an.
Bin mit meinem Latein am Ende.

Jetzt?

That's it!!

Thanks Kelvin

Bingo!!

Was hast du geändert??

Bild kopiert und auf meinem Server abgelegt.

H.

@Kelvin
Never seen before. I have no idea what the purpose of this mask was.
The round eye holes reminds me on roman theater masks. Are you sure that it is made from metal?

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No, I am not sure it is of metal, in fact. The site that shows it I believe refers to theater masks too.. says this one might have been painted with 'war paint'.


Kelvin

Something known about the size or date ?
Never heard about a "barbaric" theatre mask.....
Strange thing.

Thomas

I've found it!!

There is a colour picture on this page: http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=11394 with a caption saying that it is "a small mask of a germanic face wearing a Suebian knot in the BM (Blaccus Collection). It had traces of red pigment on the face."

Because of the red paint, it is suggested that this is a (rare!) portrait of a Batavian. The same page quotes Martialis, the 1st century author: "I am a potters jest, the mask of a red faced Batavian. Though you make fun of it, a boy fears this face."


Looking at the photograph, the object seems to be on display at the British Museum. I will try to find out more when i go back there in May.
In the meantime, can anyone else now say something more... what, for instance, is the Blaccus Collection?

Thank you,


Kelvin Wilson