UNUSUAL KILIJ FITTINGS - ... EAST EUROPEAN?

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Originally Posted by ALEX

... I believe the figure on the scabbard has a man's face, with the beard...

to me the figure appears to have mammaries and female genitalia.

the whole figure looks very crude tho. the stippling on one side of the face may be as a result of the 'artisan' colouring outside the lines, like the line of the spear thru the hand. could this have been the artisans young apprentice working on a cheap decoration 'improvement' on a captured weapon that had been plainer? or maybe the owner redecoration it himself out of boredom over a winter or time in garrison?

edited: the post above that beat me to the press in the next to last high relief athena shows a very similar hat/helmet tho done a bit better, and she's not nekkid (well, maybe the mammaries ).