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Document Details : Title: A Shield-Bearer from Sialk Subtitle: Rectangular Shields in the Ancient Near East Author(s): MEDVEDSKAYA, Inna N. Journal: Iranica Antiqua Volume: 50 Date: 2015 Pages: 159-170 DOI: 10.2143/IA.50.0.3053518 Abstract : The focus of this article are rectangular shields depicted on ancient Near Eastern reliefs and painted objects from the second millennium and the beginning of the first millennium B.C. The article considers the rectangular woven shields indicated by the brickwork pattern on the reliefs or by the chessboard on paintings. In the beginning of the first millennium B.C., as to judge from Assyrian reliefs, the rectangular woven shields were used only in the countries of Ancient Iran. Comparison of these shields depicted on the reliefs of Sargon II, on painted Greek Geometric pottery and on the vessel from Sialk B (Iran) confirms the dating of the painted pottery from Sialk B cemetery to the 2nd half of the 8th century B.C., as was offered by the author earlier. |
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