Mycenaean figure-of-eight shield fresco 15th C. BCE

"In the Greece mainland the earliest representation of body-shield in figure-of-eight are from the circle A shaft-grave in Mycenae dated from LH I to LH II."

-taken from salimbeti link below

 



A fragment from a fresco from the acropolis of Mycenae depicting the typical figure-of-eight shield design. 15th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).


Source:

https://www.ancient.eu/image/3739/shield-fresco-mycenae/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/420453315197541845/

https://anagnostis.org/article/bloggers/admin/o-spoydaios-mykinaikos-politismos

https://www.flickr.com/photos/andyhay/28592166500/in/photostream/

 

Quote:

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

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