03-26-2011, 06:57 AM
According to the Osprey book on Herod's Army by Samuel Rocca, there are no human figures at all in Jewish art from the second temple period, let alone images of soldiers. This is because of the second commandment's injunction against graven images - which the jews at that time obeyed strictly. The two or three shield blazons that are shown in that book are reconstructed largely from coins, some of which show Hellenistic round shields, and others which show common Jewish designs (cornucopiae etc).
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