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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 1785118, member: 31620&quot;]There have been many discussions on this topic elsewhere. I will try and summarise what was concluded. It was all based around a discussion that these marks possibly represented armour or some other design elements. The pattern is not always diagonal as in the two exaples above and is sometimes made up of a vertical pattern</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are other representations of elephant skin in Roman art e.g. mosaics that we can use as reference points where elephant skin is being represented in a similar manner.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286570[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286571[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There was even some illustration of a close up image of elephant skin</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286572[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What is the likelihood that the engravers would have seen an elephant up close or close enought to determine the detail of the skin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The current belief is that the pattern is simply the &quot;normal&quot; Roman way to illustrate the skin of the elephant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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