Why do you think the Bes figurines are heavy cavalry? By far the most common Bes type for the 2nd century BC is a cuirassed thureophoros, or thorakites.
Re: Question about Hetairoi
Why do you think the Bes figurines are heavy cavalry? By far the most common Bes type for the 2nd century BC is a cuirassed thureophoros, or thorakites.
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Re: Question about Hetairoi
Because this Bes figurine (the only one of its kind that I've seen) is of Bes wearing a muscled cuirass and carrying an aspis a sword while riding a horse.Originally Posted by paullus
Last edited by MeinPanzer; 10-13-2008 at 04:05.
Re: Question about Hetairoi
Do you know where its from? Is it recent? Most of the good recent finds have been from Memphis-Saqqara as far as I've seen, but it could just as easily be a chance find from 100 years ago.
"The mere statement of fact, though it may excite our interest, is of no benefit to us, but when the knowledge of the cause is added, then the study of history becomes fruitful." -Polybios
Re: Question about Hetairoi
The source I got if from lists it as provenance unknown, unfortunately. The book I found it in (Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt by Laszlo Török) is primarily composed of objects in Hungarian collections, so it being the result of an older discovery seems pretty certain.
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