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Roman Torch |
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Roman Thraco-Dacian Runners Torch Holder |
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| This is a Bronze Thraco Dacian Runners Torch Holder of the Roman Period, it has lead overlay and some work in wax,it has precise dents in order to provide the runner with a secure grip. It has been cut and shaped to show a metal smith's mystery rite to do with the Thraco-Greek war god Aries, it may have been also connected to the goddess Bendis. It may give at least one answer as to the Thraco-Dacian worship of the wolf. |
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Wolf |
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| This group of pictures shows a cut of a figure associated with a wolf, it may be a wolf shaman that was connected to the goddess Bendis, the figure is holding something. With Picture 5 it shows that it is a knife. |
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Aries |
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| This group of pictures shows the torch holder upside down. At the bottom of the cutout there is a small piece of pale yellow material. Although not completely understood this small speck is a central theme. Picture 14 shows a Thraco-Greek god Aries in a chariot. Pictures 21 thru 23 shows the chariot as a clock, but also as a flag, and perhaps a scroll. Pictures 24 thru 26 shows a group in a boat battling a large fish. Pictures 27 thru 33 show the tip of what was Aries helmet, there are scenes that may have to do with reaching a pinnacle. |
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Meteor/Meteorite |
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| This group of pictures appears to be of a celestial being that travels on a meteor, impacts as a meteorite, and then pushes up from the impact crater. |
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Iron Meteorite Metal |
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| This group of pictures appears to have to do with a knife cutting the head off the meteorite being, most likely by the wolf shaman seen with the second group of pictures. Another view shows a hammer that pounds the meteorite being. This is no doubt to do with a legendary metal smith that had been the first to work iron from a meteorite. |
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Legend |
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| This group of pictures shows the inside of the torch holder from the top to the bottom. It appears to be of a legend that has yet to be identified. Copyright 2009 David Xavier Kenney |
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