Mycenaean figure-of-eight shield 16th C. BCE

"One of the earliest representation of body-shields in figure-of-eight are present in a pottery from Akrotiri Thera dated in the same period of the above shown fresco. This vase is decorated with body-shields in figure-of-eight which seem hanging from a wood lintel. The shields are well represented with a central longitudinal strip and several bosses or seam elements used to fastener the hide layers."

-taken from salimbeti link below

Silver model of a figure-of-eight shield with a hole in the middle and a suspension loop on the reverse. Grave IV. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Source:

http://www.windmills-travel.com/album.php?destination=1&destinationtype=region&id=42&page=12

 

Quote:

http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/shields1.htm