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Post by gambin on Jan 29, 2006 13:10:49 GMT -5
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Post by Platypus on Jan 29, 2006 14:34:46 GMT -5
He seems like a Christian Bishop, I would guess Coptic (Egypt) or Syrian.
the man represented, on basis of the features and pigmentation and hair looks Negroid-Caucasoid
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Post by MC anunnaki on Jan 29, 2006 15:59:18 GMT -5
Ethiopian?
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Post by gambin on Jan 29, 2006 19:23:06 GMT -5
The statement that he is a clergyman is of course correct.
Both of your answers agree with my initial reaction to this portrait. I was reminded of Halle Selasie, but no he is not from eastern africa.
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Post by byz on Jan 29, 2006 19:25:41 GMT -5
Would he by any chance be a Goth or a Gaul? |
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Post by gambin on Jan 29, 2006 19:31:17 GMT -5
Are you familiar with him byz?
Yes he is a Goth. Or at least half-Goth.
It is Ulfilas, a bishop, missionary, and translator born in 310. Of Gothic ancestry, he converted many of his compatriots (Ostrogoths and Visigoths) to Arianism Christianity.
The portrait makes him look Ethiopian, which is one reminder that those studying anthropology shouldn't always take ancient artwork too literally as a reference for assessing what the people looked like.
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Post by byz on Jan 29, 2006 19:36:20 GMT -5
I'm not directly familiar with him, but I remember a discussion I once had in Ancient History class about the syncretism of Greek letters with Gothic runes. I didn't really look at this portrait from an anthropological perspective, but I reckon he could possiby pass as French - therefore, being Gaulish or Gothic didn't seem too outlandish for me.
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Post by Josh on Jan 29, 2006 21:42:19 GMT -5
Are you familiar with him byz? Yes he is a Goth. Or at least half-Goth. Could this be proof that OdinofOssetia is right about the whole Goths = Germanicized Iranians thing? I'm not totally serious, but it makes me wonder. |
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