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Originally Posted by ALEX
... I believe the figure on the scabbard has a man's face, with the beard...
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to me the figure appears to have mammaries and female genitalia.
the whole figure looks very crude tho. the stippling on one side of the face may be as a result of the 'artisan' colouring outside the lines, like the line of the spear thru the hand. could this have been the artisans young apprentice working on a cheap decoration 'improvement' on a captured weapon that had been plainer? or maybe the owner redecoration it himself out of boredom over a winter or time in garrison?
edited: the post above that beat me to the press in the next to last high relief athena shows a very similar hat/helmet tho done a bit better, and she's not nekkid (well, maybe the mammaries
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