Late-Roman Scuta

[Lucius Aurelius Metellus]

Hi Robert and guys!<br>
Ok, I acknowledge that these could be representations of dished shields, however ill-illustrated they may be. I just thought it was odd in the case of the wood carving from Egypt that the shields on the small figures at the top were clearly and precisely depicted as dished, but the oval shields on the larger bottom figures were depicted differently, they only looked curved from side to side to me, rather than completely dished in concave/convex form as clearly shown in the top figures, but it just may be the difference in the type of shield, perhaps the artist didn't know how to properly carve a dished oval shield.<br>
I am certainly not arguing with you and Aitor at all, so please don't think that, and I am definitely not trying to say that I believe curved shields existed, it's just that when I saw these examples, I <em>had</em> to ask the questions so that I can <em>learn</em>. I'm not disagreeing with any of you that these could be dished shields.<br>
Robert, yes, I was referring to the reenactment group <em>Britannia's</em> web site. After I saw these pieces of art, and the clearly curved shields on their web site, that is when I began to ask these questions. <p>Lucius Aurelius Metellus, miles gregarius, Secunda Brittanica</p><i></i>