Keep in mind the bright shiny copper color one is just a modern interpretation of what it may have looked like when it was complete, and what was found was just the small fragment next to it.
The article just neglects to mention this directly.
The model seems to make a lot of assumptions based on such a small fragment.
jihadjihad 220 days ago [-]
It's a "highly detailed reconstruction" (bottom of TFA). Agreed that TFA is light on details and annoyingly disables text selection, which is something I haven't been annoyed by since 2007.
voidUpdate 220 days ago [-]
Not only does it manually disable text selection, it also disables the right click menu and most ways of opening the dev tools... for some reason... (you can still reach dev tools using the top right menu on chrome though)
donatj 220 days ago [-]
Using "Find" in my browser says those words are on the page somewhere but I cannot find them anywhere.
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jihadjihad 220 days ago [-]
Weird. It's the last sentence in TFA.
donatj 220 days ago [-]
I think it actually slipped under the ad. Using a browser with Adblock I see it.
permo-w 220 days ago [-]
>The model seems to make a lot of assumptions based on such a small fragment
this could be said about a shocking amount of historical study
piombisallow 220 days ago [-]
It would have been bright and shiny when new back then too
apples_oranges 220 days ago [-]
Personal items of dead people always make me emotional.. do you know what I mean? Even ~2000 years after the fact.. This person's life ended and all that he was and thought and felt is now gone.. so we do not know much, except that this item was important to him.
coldtea 220 days ago [-]
You might enjoy this then:
Davenports and kettle drums
And swallowtail coats
Tablecloths and patent leather shoes
Bathing suits and bowling balls
And clarinets and rings
And all this radio really needs is a fuse
A tinker, a tailor, a soldier's things
His rifle, his boots full of rocks
And this one is for bravery and this one is for me
And everything's a dollar in this box
Cuff links and hubcaps
Trophies and paperbacks
It's good transportation
But the brakes aren't so hot
Neckties and boxing gloves
This jackknife is rusted
You can pound that dent out on the hood
A tinker or tailor, a soldier's things
His rifle, his boots full of rocks
Oh, and this one is for bravery, oh, and this one is for me
And everything's a dollar in this box
I often find myself overcome with sonder and dustsceawung (the infinite complexity of others lives, and that the dust all around me is made from the lives and civilisations before us [and alongside us])
I most definitely am reminded of how few people leave an archaeological mark when I read these. Though from my perspective, I see him as one of the special ones, even if we know very little. There are so few folks remembered even a generation later -- even the wealthiest industrialists and movie stars quickly fade.
bloqs 220 days ago [-]
agree. its quite an intimately human thing
kaonwarb 220 days ago [-]
The single photo is remarkably elegant - a spare, almost modernist design.
andrewflnr 220 days ago [-]
Pretty slick and functional given the materials of the time. I wonder if it could be made to work today. I think adapting it to cards and cash would make it an awkward package, but maybe if you lay them out along the arm it could work.
hoseja 220 days ago [-]
Bronze is a VERY nice material. It's a shame it's actually too expensive to see much use in our modern consumerist lives.
is_true 220 days ago [-]
It's also easy to steal
andrewflnr 219 days ago [-]
Not when it's a solid band around your wrist. Materials in isolation don't tend to have an inherent difficulty level of theft.
volemo 220 days ago [-]
Damn, I’ve read “pulse” and was both very confused and very excited!
thaumasiotes 219 days ago [-]
> The camp was established by the 10th Legion, who was stationed in the area between AD 172 and 180
This is interesting wording. I have a strong urge toward saying either of two other options:
- "The camp was established by the 10th Legion, who were stationed in the area between..." [The Legion is a collection of people]
- "The camp was established by the 10th Legion, which was stationed in the area between..." [The Legion is not a person]
I have difficulty interpreting the Legion as a single person, though. Does the wording in the article work for other people?
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As to the item itself, I find it a little odd to call it a "purse", since it's reconstructed as a solid metal object. That sounds inconvenient and uncomfortable at best.
voidUpdate 220 days ago [-]
How do you get that over your hand, and simultaneously have it tight enough to hold the little flap closed?
dfedbeef 220 days ago [-]
Seems jingley
ggm 220 days ago [-]
Wrap the silver in cloth. Can't open without removing from arm so within limits stops petty theft.
gtecjit 220 days ago [-]
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Rendered at 10:05:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
The article just neglects to mention this directly.
The model seems to make a lot of assumptions based on such a small fragment.
this could be said about a shocking amount of historical study
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sonder https://medium.com/etch-to-their-own/dustsceawung-866aff795a...
This is interesting wording. I have a strong urge toward saying either of two other options:
- "The camp was established by the 10th Legion, who were stationed in the area between..." [The Legion is a collection of people]
- "The camp was established by the 10th Legion, which was stationed in the area between..." [The Legion is not a person]
I have difficulty interpreting the Legion as a single person, though. Does the wording in the article work for other people?
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As to the item itself, I find it a little odd to call it a "purse", since it's reconstructed as a solid metal object. That sounds inconvenient and uncomfortable at best.