- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Circular convex shield of animal hide with embossed circles in the centre and six brass bosses. [LM 21/03/2007]
- Long description
- Circular convex shield of animal hide with embossed circles in the centre and six brass bosses. On the back is a pad (deteriorated) of cotton and woollen textile, with six metal rings for the attachment of three leather hand grips. [LM 27/03/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Arab
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921
- Date collected
- By 1921
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Brass Metal, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Embossed
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 390 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.51.5
- Research and responses
Mesopotamia: referring to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the region can be broadly defined to include the area that is now eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and most of Iraq. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica [MR 23/3/2000]
1921.51.5
Circular convex shield of animal hide with embossed circles in the centre and six brass bosses. [LM 21/03/2007]
On display
1921.51.5
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