A \'new\' look at the linothorax

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

..., and one was a riveted wooden sculpture on the face of a shield.

Really? I don't think I'd heard of that one - have you got a reference?

"Hoplon, The Argolic Shield and its Technology" by Vasiliki Stamatopoulou. I have posted the abstract a couple of time before and i have gotten gold of the (unpublished) two volume book in the university library for three hours, before the prof that had borrowed it took it back. In that time i read about the shields of Macedonia, and one sculpted wooden emblem was identified, that was riveted on the shield. The shape of the device was unrecognisable. On the surface of another shield there was a couple of marble and glass eyes found, suggesting there used to be a face sculpture on the shield. The eyes were not flat but deep like in typical sculptures. Further ivory pieces were suggested to have consisted the hair of a female face, perhaps a medusa.
Khaire
Giannis