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Detail of a Roman Shield from Dura-Europos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2019

Detail of a Roman Shield from Dura-Europos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2019
Shield (Scutum)
mid 3rd century


Object Details

Date: mid 3rd century

Geography: Syria, Dura-Europos

Medium: Painted wood and rawhide

Dimensions: H. 41 9/16 × W. 16 1/8 × D. 11 13/16 in. (105.5 × 41 × 30 cm)

Classification: Wood-Implements

Credit Line: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1933.715


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/759550

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