(Q100312208)

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/37953

shield

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inception

250^Gregorian

circa

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image

Shield painted with two scenes from Iliad - YDEA - 37953.jpg
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Dura-Europos Homeric Shield 1936 photograph.jpg
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unknown value

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made from material

poplar wood

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pigment

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gesso

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The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

178

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collection

Yale University Art Gallery

inventory number

1935.551

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inventory number

1935.551

collection

Yale University Art Gallery

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exhibition history

Painting in Time: Discovery, Analysis, and Interpretation of a Roman Shield from Dura-Europos

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https://whc.yale.edu/gallery-whitney/exhibit/painting-time

retrieved

27 June 2024

time period

classical antiquity

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location of discovery

Dura-Europos

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Tower 24, Dura-Europos

reason for preferred rank

most accurate value

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The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

176-178

616: Oval wooden plank shield (shield I, the 'Homeric Shield') (Plate 6)

width

95 centimetre

circa

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The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

176-178

616: Oval wooden plank shield (shield I, the 'Homeric Shield') (Plate 6)

height

1.18 metre

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The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

176-178

616: Oval wooden plank shield (shield I, the 'Homeric Shield') (Plate 6)

thickness

5 millimetre

minimum

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The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

176-178

616: Oval wooden plank shield (shield I, the 'Homeric Shield') (Plate 6)

12 millimetre

maximum

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The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

176-178

Wooden shield with Scenes from the Iliad (watercolor)

616: Oval wooden plank shield (shield I, the 'Homeric Shield') (Plate 6)

depicted by

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The excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Seventh and Eighth Seasons of Work 1933-1934 and 1934-1935

described by source

The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

176-178

The excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Seventh and Eighth Seasons of Work 1933-1934 and 1934-1935

616: Oval wooden plank shield (shield I, the 'Homeric Shield') (Plate 6)

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331-49

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copyright status

public domain

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on focus list of Wikimedia project

WikiProject International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive

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state of conservation

damaged

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The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters 1928 to 1937. Final Report VII: The Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment

176-178

https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/yuag/obj/37953

616: Oval wooden plank shield (shield I, the 'Homeric Shield') (Plate 6)

IIIF manifest URL

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Identifiers

Yale University Art Gallery ID

37953

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