100b: Bronze Shield from the Temple of Dictæan Zeus

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/3/24/3
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 16.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content An illustration in blue of part of a shield, with two bands of decoration The inner band shows five sitting deer and another animal. The outer band shows five grazing animals and the bust of a woman. Some unpainted sections have been filled in from the surviving sections. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Besides the large shield, three others were found, more or less fragmentary, decorated with narrow zones of animals between bands of guilloche ornament."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Terracotta, Bronze, and Stone Objects"
Related records [1936/1/3/24], 100b: Bronze Shield from the Temple of Dictæan Zeus