making an aspis

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Thanks Paul,very interesting.Just a note,in the photos I posted above,the bottom right shield is of course not the same as the other three.It is not the Vatican shield.The only spot where Connolly painted the shield intact when it wasn't,is the small part of the porpax and a very small part of the facing just under the porpax.In both cases,his interpretation is a safe guess.
I agree,that given the amount of measurements,your source looks more reliable than Connolly.All the sources agree that within the bronze rim there were three layers of wood,one the original wooden core and the other two added for some reason,wither to fit in the rim or for protection or both.
Here Connolly's painting(that I find fairly accurate,compared to the photos above) and Secunda's design from the Osprey book "Greek Hoplite"

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Giannis