Prow Stems again

This tweet thread on RRC 205 generated good conversation and supplementary images. I’m archiving on the blog to ensure I can find it when I next go looking.

This is a close up of the AS of Sulla's ancestor (c.151 BCE) showing a goddess in the prow stem. While one specimen doesn't define a type this one is extra clear … 1/ https://t.co/JTvZdQTU1c pic.twitter.com/ndv75UMBbL

— Liv Mariah Yarrow (@profyarrow) November 9, 2021

Perhaps to me the most interesting is this fitting said to be from the area of Actium in the British Museum. It measures Height: 47.50 centimetres Length: 58.42 centimetres Width: 44.45 centimetres.

The other key observation on twitter is that there are more decorated prow stems on the Roman Republican Bronzes than have been noted in the major catalogues, a point well made by Michael Davis ( @Michael24441229)

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added 14 July 2026

Arachne link

Impression of Staatliche Museen, Antikensammlung Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland, Inv.-Nr. FG 2201