File:Fethiye Museum 5644.jpg
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English: One of some stelae of promise. Also called kakosbos, these stelae were used as a means of keeping one’s promis to the gods upon the realization of a wish. In general they show a horseman, holding the club of Hercules, riding to the right. On their pedestal the nature of the wish, name of the person who had the wish, and the name of the god to whom was vowed are inscribed.
Note: I take great care in speclling names correctly. For all I know the museum at the time I took the picture spelled "kakosbos", however, I have come across other spellings, and the Wikipedia refers to "kakasbos". To keep in line with that I use that for a name of this picture. In various museums of this pacific province of the Empire there are votive stele of cavalrymen, with conical caps according to the Hellenic style (Telmessos, today Fethiye). They wear short practical tunics, sometimes folded and padded (Antalya museum), only the belt revealing their military status. Some of them are bareheaded, but some of them are interestingly armed with a club (Telmessos), and wearing a military sagum with a long sleeved tunic. The stele of the cavalrymen Kakasvos and others show the employment of the mace together with the muscled armour, fitted with two ranges of Pteryges. One of them shows a zona militaris knotted around the armour. These stelae were used as a means of keeping one’s promise to the gods upon the realization of a wish. In general they show the donor like horseman, holding the club of Herakles, riding to the right. On their pedestal the nature of the wish, name of the person who had the wish, and the name of the god to whom they were dedicated are inscribed. Some of inscriptions are thanking the god Zeus for the help received in war. The fact that they all are using the club of Herakles does not mean that the image of the club was only devotional. The ravdos or staff was an effective weapon used by paramilitary corps or local diogmitai, to probably the donors belonged. Also the horse presents the typical bunch over the head, made with his mane, typical of many military horses. The horse of the cavalryman Artemon presents a combination of small phalerae and muzzle on his head |
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Source | Own work |
Author | Dosseman |
Camera location | 36° 37′ 23.47″ N, 29° 07′ 01.35″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 36.623187; 29.117042 |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D3 |
Author | DICK OSSEMAN |
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Exposure time | 1/40 sec (0.025) |
F-number | f/7.1 |
ISO speed rating | 1,600 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:40, 20 March 2011 |
Lens focal length | 55 mm |
Latitude | 36° 37′ 23.47″ N |
Longitude | 29° 7′ 1.35″ E |
Altitude | 16 meters above sea level |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows |
File change date and time | 21:08, 23 April 2011 |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:40, 20 March 2011 |
APEX shutter speed | 5.321928 |
APEX aperture | 5.655638 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Subject distance | 1 meters |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTime subseconds | 25 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 25 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 25 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 55 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | High gain up |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
GPS time (atomic clock) | 13:39 |
Satellites used for measurement | 06 |
Geodetic survey data used | WGS 84 |
GPS date | 20 March 2011 |
GPS tag version | 0.0.2.2 |
Serial number of camera | 2036041 |
Lens used | 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |
Date metadata was last modified | 23:08, 23 April 2011 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:2B6C74C5DC6DE011AD809317F3901858 |
IIM version | 12,979 |