Mycenaean figure-of-eight shield fresco 14th-13th C. BCE
"The most common type of Achaean body-shield was the figure-at-eight shield. It is represented on pottery, wall-paintings and sculpture both as defence weapons and decorative motif or cult symbol."
-taken from salimbeti link below
Mycenaean Fresco wall painting of a figure of eight shield. Mycenae Acropolis, Greece, 14th - 13th Century BC. Cat No 11672 Athens Archaeological Museum. |
Source:
http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~sfikas/myceneenne/SFIKAS_ergasiaMykhnaikh2012.pdf
https://anagnostis.org/article/bloggers/admin/o-spoydaios-mykinaikos-politismos
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