File:Illustrated reconstruction of back of painted shield 617 found at Dura-Europos.png

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imagined reconstruction of the decorative scheme found on the back of the "Amazonomachy" shield in YUAG collection

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English: This shield is in Yale University Art Gallery collections under the inventory number 1935.552, in a fragmented and extremely worn condition. The decorative design here was discovered and reconstructed by photographing individual pieces of the shield through a layer Perspex.
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Source The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment, by Simon James, Plate 8 illustrating back of shield #617. Accessed originally on JSTOR, used with direct permission of the author.
Author Simon James

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