01-03-2008, 05:15 PM
Quote:..that is quite correct and these shallower, uniform domes without the pronounced curved rim represent an earlier type of Aspis (7-6 century), with a shallow dish some 10 cm deep and a rim of aprox 5 cm. The steep shouldered Vatican/later type, some 15 cm deep, appears circa 550 BC.
I'm not sure the different types can be so tightly linked to dates. The bigger variable seems to be artistic style. In the same period some shields are very shallow with low shoulders, the standard deep shouldered, almost flat fronted type diagrammed above, and a deep almost bowl-shaped shield where even the rim seems less off-set.
My feeling is that these are not real variations, but artistic license, but we cannot know for sure. If anyone has not seen all three types I can post some images.
Paul M. Bardunias
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