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<p>[QUOTE="Bob L., post: 3922951, member: 56976"]Thanks for the comments, all. Most appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rrdenarius, very interesting group of AE artifacts - thanks for sharing! Unfortunately I won't have time to gather up everything for a group shot, much as I like the idea. The first round influx of the annual sibs-in-law holiday-time houseguests arrives tomorrow (I'll have two airport runs after work) - and so, other than an occasional peek at the PC monitor during breaks from cleaning the house today - I just won't have the time to gather up the weapons.</p><p><br /></p><p>You're right that some can look similar - differences can in some cases be subtle: profile, tang length, tang versus socket, cross-section shape, midrib or not, etc. Having access to some good reference materials, to navigate this complicated area, is important. But, even armed with those references, there are challenges. If interested, see the second entry (the parts dealing with typological similarities and ambiguous usages) I posted here:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=119753.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=119753.0" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=119753.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My collecting criteria include: no (or very, very little evident) bronze disease (a big problem with these types of things - and, yes, rrdenarius, I only collect bronze artifacts), affordability, items must originate in Western Asia - and preferably northwestern Iran and its immediate environs (the collection started to provide context for my Parthian and Elymaean coins by looking at the regional antecedents of Parthia), and good provenance. I have been lucky enough to snag specimens from some important weapons collections including those of Johan Dæhnfeldt, Walter Steinberg, Axel Guttman, Shlomo Zeitsov, and Marcel Gibrat. I hope to eventually pick up an ex-John Piscopo - his was a very important collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been on a bit of a buying spree, and so I have a number of items waiting to be photographed and properly cataloged, then eventually uploaded to my online gallery. (Last summer I posted the first round of pickups at Forum) Although the group above represents my "tops" from 2019 - I should mention that 2019 was also my first year collecting these things. The upload of round two is still months away. I just don't have the time to devote to the photography during the academic year. (I teach in a very busy department) By next May, for sure, I'll get another round loaded up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bob L., post: 3922951, member: 56976"]Thanks for the comments, all. Most appreciated. Rrdenarius, very interesting group of AE artifacts - thanks for sharing! Unfortunately I won't have time to gather up everything for a group shot, much as I like the idea. The first round influx of the annual sibs-in-law holiday-time houseguests arrives tomorrow (I'll have two airport runs after work) - and so, other than an occasional peek at the PC monitor during breaks from cleaning the house today - I just won't have the time to gather up the weapons. You're right that some can look similar - differences can in some cases be subtle: profile, tang length, tang versus socket, cross-section shape, midrib or not, etc. Having access to some good reference materials, to navigate this complicated area, is important. But, even armed with those references, there are challenges. If interested, see the second entry (the parts dealing with typological similarities and ambiguous usages) I posted here: [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=119753.0[/URL] My collecting criteria include: no (or very, very little evident) bronze disease (a big problem with these types of things - and, yes, rrdenarius, I only collect bronze artifacts), affordability, items must originate in Western Asia - and preferably northwestern Iran and its immediate environs (the collection started to provide context for my Parthian and Elymaean coins by looking at the regional antecedents of Parthia), and good provenance. I have been lucky enough to snag specimens from some important weapons collections including those of Johan Dæhnfeldt, Walter Steinberg, Axel Guttman, Shlomo Zeitsov, and Marcel Gibrat. I hope to eventually pick up an ex-John Piscopo - his was a very important collection. I have been on a bit of a buying spree, and so I have a number of items waiting to be photographed and properly cataloged, then eventually uploaded to my online gallery. (Last summer I posted the first round of pickups at Forum) Although the group above represents my "tops" from 2019 - I should mention that 2019 was also my first year collecting these things. The upload of round two is still months away. I just don't have the time to devote to the photography during the academic year. (I teach in a very busy department) By next May, for sure, I'll get another round loaded up.[/QUOTE]
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