During my studies at the Freie Universität I spent much time with the so-called Hercules clubs. The aim was to write a paper about roman club amulets and their maybe germanic bone/antler derivatives.
This is now the beginning of a series of articles about amulets and the possibilities of visualizing single finds as well as statistic summaries.
3D reconstruction of single objects
Although gold is a very appreciated material in archaeological finds and is mostly well published, it is really difficult to find good illustrations of club amulets.
This object was found in cologne and is a made of light gold sheet with smelted on wire loops. These symbolize knots, like on a wooden club. It’s possible that the bottom of the amulet was decorated with a jewel or glass, now missing.
The above renderings show an early stage of the reconstruction. Many things are missing or have to be adjusted. Also, the gold material could use a rework.
As always, comments, remarks or sharing is greatly appreciated.
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