02-18-2008, 04:05 AM
Quote:There are a couple of surviving circular re-inforcements on the interior such as this one
I have an excellent image of the interior reinforcement of an aspis in an American Journal of Archaeology article: "An Unplundered Chamber Tomb on Ganos Mountain in Southeastern Thrace", 2006.
I cannot copy and paste from the article, but if anyone wants to see email me and I'll send the whole .pdf.
The reinforcement ring is 67 cm in diameter and its in the Tekirdag Museum, no. 1944. I don't know if its on dispaly, but Tekirdag on the North coast of marmarra is probably only a day trip for you Giannis!
You all knw my opinion by now, these reinforcements were too narrow to provide protection from puncture and were to keep the dome of the shield from being crushed.
Paul M. Bardunias
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