09-22-2004, 04:49 AM
No Lucius,<br>
I'm sorry but I cannot agree with you.<br>
First, Stylicho is clearly carrying a dished shield but almost the right half of it is obscured by the frame. About the slightly 'strange', left contour, I think that, for some reason, the carver just didn't want to obscure Stylicho's leg.<br>
Second, all the shields depicted on the Egyptian wooden carving are round and dished. If your referring to that carried by the soldier on the left foreground, it is simply broken, you only need to have a closer look at its radiate pattern to notice that.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
I'm sorry but I cannot agree with you.<br>
First, Stylicho is clearly carrying a dished shield but almost the right half of it is obscured by the frame. About the slightly 'strange', left contour, I think that, for some reason, the carver just didn't want to obscure Stylicho's leg.<br>
Second, all the shields depicted on the Egyptian wooden carving are round and dished. If your referring to that carried by the soldier on the left foreground, it is simply broken, you only need to have a closer look at its radiate pattern to notice that.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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