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- Title
A SHIELD-BEARER FROM SIALK: RECTANGULAR SHIELDS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST.
- Authors
MEDVEDSKAYA, Inna N.
- 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 pattem 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 2n d half of the 8th century B.C., as was offered by the author earlier.
- Subjects
IRAN; SIYALK, Tepe (Iran); PAINTED pottery; VASE painting; DECORATION &; ornament; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Iranica Antiqua, 2015, Vol 50, p159
- ISSN
0021-0870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2143/IA.50.0.3053518