A greek spatha sword with a theme of Asclepius and healing - with a scabbard and a hilt both adorned with a snake depiction and abilities that heal and provide succor.
Asclepius' Resolve
A sword for a Medic
Owner: @eruditeotter.bsky.social
[ #fantasy #item #design #dnd #dndart #homebrew #pathfinder #spatha #asclepius #medic #swordtember #magicalscope ]
Interestingly (or not, according to your mood), these inlaid figures were usually the right way up when the #spatha was held tip upwards, as is clear from this example from Illerup (DNK).
Nice to see some new stuff from the Przeworsk Culture, but it is difficult to shake that ' #spatha used by #RomanCavalry ' thing (particularly since, by the 3rd/4th century, everybody was waving them around).
Some more thoughts on Roman swords (including the #gladius and #spatha) from Matt Easton (of Schola Gladiatoria). Includes a quick flash of B&C2 (one day we'll compile a video of all such flashes). youtu.be/qYPWaqfJLw0?...
Grrr, should have tagged that #Spatha but forgot. Put it down to incompetence 🙄
