The Axes of Group B
Almost all the masculine statues belonging to group B show an axe depicted on the upper part of the body.
This type of weapon has the shape of a reverse L. Despite the lack of details, we can suppose that the short arm keeps
the bronze or flintstone blade, and the long vertical arm is the wooden handle. The bronze axe heads of the Italian Bronze Age were
made to be used with such a L-shaped handle.
An equal weapon was discovered in 1991 with the
Mummy of Similaun, found in a glacier of the
Alps.
The Axes of Group C
The axes depicted on the statues of group C are totally different from the other
ones. They have a large rectangular blade, ortogonally
connected to a stright handle with a small pommel at the end.
This type of axe can be easily compared with the cateia celtica which was used by Celtic people in the first half of I millennium b.C.
The Javelins of Group C
The couple of launch javelins with conical
heads, shown on the statues Filetto I and Filetto II, belong to the Celtic
weaponry. They are the bina gaesa cited by the latin poet Virgilio about the Celtic invasion of
Rome.
The DISK of REUSA
Notwithstanding that the statue from REUSA is very
abrased, the shape of a disk can be well recognized in the left hand where the other statues
of the group have a couple of launch javelins. Beside the lack of certain data, it can be hypothesized that this object is a
weapon, a metal launch disk
used just as a modern freesbe. Some bronze or iron disks with sharp margins, found in the Early Iron Age tumbs in central
Italy, have been interpreted in this manner.
REUSA
