11-04-2007, 08:09 PM
Giannis wrote:-
...that is interesting, Giannis. I don't doubt that thickness varied from shield to shield, and that being beaten onto the shield, the thickness varied even on a single shield.
The figure I gave came from a report by Dr Jeronimides on the Vatican shield, the only relatively intact battle-Aspis ( as opposed to many votive ones from Olympia, where the fittings were fastened direct to the back of the thin bronze 'face'). He reports "...the shape is nearly circular, 82x81.5 cm. The thickness of the bronze cover is 1mm or less in parts. There is no sign of weapon damage.."
What is your source for a figure of 0.5 mm ? Reports of other shields?
Quote:Anyway,I was saying that the actual thickness of the bronze covering was not 1 mm but 0.5mm or less.
...that is interesting, Giannis. I don't doubt that thickness varied from shield to shield, and that being beaten onto the shield, the thickness varied even on a single shield.
The figure I gave came from a report by Dr Jeronimides on the Vatican shield, the only relatively intact battle-Aspis ( as opposed to many votive ones from Olympia, where the fittings were fastened direct to the back of the thin bronze 'face'). He reports "...the shape is nearly circular, 82x81.5 cm. The thickness of the bronze cover is 1mm or less in parts. There is no sign of weapon damage.."
What is your source for a figure of 0.5 mm ? Reports of other shields?
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