Scutum on the mausoleum of Munatius Plancus

[Andrew Brozyna]

I have a number of other reliefs like this, set up in metopes with triglyphs in between, from some other sarcophagi. I think it was a popular style of the 1st C. BC, and the shields are definitely the first century style, oval in shape with the top and bottom cut off. I don't know the provenance of these, unfortunately:

This book has photos and a description of those friezes:
Espérandieu, Emile. "Recueil Général des Bas-reliefs, statues et bustes de la Gaul Romaine.