11-12-2006, 07:37 PM
Hi Franklin,
No problem about the planks. We have for the IIIrd century the Dura shields, then the Germanic Thorsberg and Illerup shields; finally, the VIth century Egyptian shields at Trier. I should re-read the published reports to give you plank widths and thicknesses. That will take me some time... :oops:
The planked oval boards from Dura and the Egyptian round ones were dished. The Egyptian boards were covered in painted rawhide. So were some of the Dura boards (IIRW)
The Egyptian boards are very fragmentary but they weren't flattened. Anyway, the best witnesses of the dished condition of nearly all Late shields are the bosses: Their flanges aren't flat. They are sloped to fit a convex board!
Aitor
No problem about the planks. We have for the IIIrd century the Dura shields, then the Germanic Thorsberg and Illerup shields; finally, the VIth century Egyptian shields at Trier. I should re-read the published reports to give you plank widths and thicknesses. That will take me some time... :oops:
The planked oval boards from Dura and the Egyptian round ones were dished. The Egyptian boards were covered in painted rawhide. So were some of the Dura boards (IIRW)
The Egyptian boards are very fragmentary but they weren't flattened. Anyway, the best witnesses of the dished condition of nearly all Late shields are the bosses: Their flanges aren't flat. They are sloped to fit a convex board!
Aitor
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