Carthaginian Shield in the Louvre

[Eduorius]

I was reading "Hannibal" by Theodore Ayrault Dodge and I found this.

"In 1714, a silver shield, with the common Carthaginian device of a lion and plam, and engraved in a manner unlike Roman work, but much like Carthaginian medals, was found at the village of Passage, which lies on a hill where, on this route, you first get a view of the main chain of the Alps."

Does anyone have a picture about that awesome shield? Or at least saw it in the Louvre?

Thanks for your time guys.

[Praefectusclassis]

Hi Eduardo,
I was at the Louvre specifically for Ancient military stuff and I saw a lot, but not that. Dodge's book is quite old of course, so a lot may have happened to it. The shield may be discredited, redated, even lost or have been moved somewhere else. Then again, it's possible I missed it (the Louvre is beyond belief in size), that it's in the National archaeological museum at St.Germain or in the town museum where it was found.

[Paullus Scipio]

....my antennae are twitching.....I smell 'fake' here..... :roll:

[Eduorius]

The Louvre is really huge. When I went they gave us the short tour that is like Venus, Mona Lisa, etc. By destiny, I and 2 other guys got lost from the group so we had a chance to see the impressive Egyptian part of the museum.

I hope that shield is not fake. The logo maybe looked like this.

[Dan Diffendale]

I tracked it down.

"Le missorium de Geilamir roi des Vandales et les monuments analogues", Oeuvres de A. de Longperier, ed. Schlumberger, Paris, 1884, Vol. VI, 255-263.

The title has given the game away -- the piece in question, the so-called bouclier d'Annibal, is a missorium, that is, a large silver dish of the Late Antique period, such as the famous one of Theodosius. The subject of the article is another such plate bearing the inscription "+ GEILAMIR REX VANDALORVM ET ALANORVM."
If there's still interest, I can scan the plate, but the fellow doesn't look very Punic.

[Eduorius]

It would be awesome if you could scan it. The picture would be very useful as I am interested in North Africa too.

Thanks in advance.