In a message dated 3/18/08 8:03:16 AM, ilaroger@yahoo.it writes:
Anyway maybe you are already aware of this, if so it might be interesting for some other members.
The 3 boatmen gallery ship symbol on your very nice Pdf file on Gallery Fakes, COULD be also related to the boat known as "Felix Itala"??
It comes from a funeral monument stele belonging to Marcus Antonius Basilides.
Frumentarius of the Legion X Gemina
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Frumentarius, "collectors of corn", is also a name given to soldiers specialized in gathering and transporting food for the Legion.
In Imperial times this name was also used for a type of "Secret service" they were specialized in "gathering information" the garrison was made up of a special detachment (Numerus Clausus) of about 100 soldiers.
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The stele dating 200 – 300 AD was found in 1908 at Bad Deutsch Altenburg, the legionary fortress of Carnuntum.
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now in the Museum of Carnuntinum. Inv N° 5.
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The tomb stone was erected by Basalides in memory to his wife and infant son.
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Like modern sailors that christen their boats with names of towns and countries, Basalides had named his boat Felix Itala in honour to Italy and sits in a frontal position with 2 mates, some scholars interpretation of the iconography suggest more likely it is Basilides on the right leading, his son on the left and wife in the middle, on their last journey to the after life. It is thought that Basalides was a Frumentarius of the "fluvial police" and the abstract half moon shape of the boat is an influence of local Celtic art.
The inscription itself is very touching
Felix Itala. D(is) M(anibus). Augustaniae Cassiae Marciae coniugi incomparabili quae vixit annos XXXIIII mens(es) XI dies XIII quaequae dum explesset fati sui laborem meliora sibi sperans vitam functa est et M(arco) Ant(onio) Augustanio Phileto filio innocentiss(Felix Itala. D(is) M(anibus). Augustaniae Cassiae Marciae coniugi incomparabili quae vixit annos XXXIIII mens(es) XI dies XIII quaequae dum explesset fati sui laborem meliora sibi sperans vitam functa est et M(arco) Ant(onio) Augustanio Phileto filio inno
Not quite sure if this translation is exact but from what I found on the web it should be roughly like this;
Augustania Cassia Marcia, my peerless wife, who lived thirty-four years eleven months and thirteen days, and, while she fulfilled the suffering of life, destiny took here away, like here innocent son Marco Antonio Augustanio Fileto of three years eight months and ten days, which against the wish of his parents, his life was deprived by the cruel gods.
Marcus Antonius Basilides. Frumentarius
Legion X Gemina
My spouse and son the wish that the earth may lie lightly over the dead.
As you know and mentioned once these shapes are very rare. I think only one is documented officially on a website you provided.
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Some time ago there was a similar one on Ebay.
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The images
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It seems authentic by style, size and appearance but the rarity of this type leaves me very sceptical. But sold at that price I still regret not having bid on it.
I cannot be sure if the bas-relief of the tombstone stele and the "Schiffsfibel von Neuburg" are related.
I don't understand German very well but I believe the Fibula has a 3rd – 5th century dating ? which could suppose maybe a small blacksmith from a local workshop, after seeing the stele created a few examples which could have been traded along the Danube???
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Or the design could be a simple coincidence.
If this type suddenly starts to pop up on Ebay, one must know that the museum replica does exist.
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Regarding the other gallery Battleship Brooches, Type I-II, as yet I have found no evidence of their existence.
The closest similarity is the second brooch drawn on this link which you also provided some time ago.
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I think the fibula is also published in " Die Fibeln der Kastelle Saalburg und Zugmantel " Astrid Bohme 1972 Saalburg Jahrbuch, 29 p5-112.
some reference of similar gallery ships can be found on some stone bas-reliefs.
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<o>and a funeral monument of a wine merch
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a few coins.
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The closest parallel to Type III,
(yes a authentic example does exist), is this;
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from a Hungarian website, on the excavations at Odiavum/Azaumso a Roman military camp from Pannonia.
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The Gallery Type III fakes could be coming from that area.
I do not have any other reference at the moment that these Galleries Type I,
II, III and IV exists as fibulae.
I don't know why they are so appealing, but they bring in good money for these crooks. It would be interesting to find the source of this MASS PRODUCTION of fake Gallery Brooches.
For more information on Roman Battleships, this database is very academic.
NAVIS
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and this site in Italian has a nice picture gallery of;
Battleships on Mosaics
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Battleships on Frescos
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Battleships on Coins and Stele
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Regards
Roger
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