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This handbook analyses the different types of shields used by soldiers in the Neo-Assyrian army and their opponents. Written, visual, and material sources are analysed to illustrate practical aspects of defensive weaponry in the ancient Near East in the first millennium B.C. The origins, use, evolution, and manufacture of shields are considered in presenting a typology of these objects. The first study of its kind, this work will appeal to advanced scholars, graduate students, general non-specialists, and re-enactors alike. Includes 211 b&w illustrations.

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Acknowledgments Introduction Overview of Neo-Assyrian History The Manufacture of Shields Diachronic Typology Rondache Herisson Targe Aspis Turreos Scutum Gerrhon Pavois Heraldry Subtactics Conclusion Further Reading Index

The Neo-Assyrian Shield: Evolution, Heraldry, and

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    Publisher: Lockwood Press
    Publication Date: 06/04/2016
    ISBN13: 9781937040024, 978-1937040024
    ISBN10: 193704002X
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This handbook analyses the different types of shields used by soldiers in the Neo-Assyrian army and their opponents. Written, visual, and material sources are analysed to illustrate practical aspects of defensive weaponry in the ancient Near East in the first millennium B.C. The origins, use, evolution, and manufacture of shields are considered in presenting a typology of these objects. The first study of its kind, this work will appeal to advanced scholars, graduate students, general non-specialists, and re-enactors alike. Includes 211 b&w illustrations.

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    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments Introduction Overview of Neo-Assyrian History The Manufacture of Shields Diachronic Typology Rondache Herisson Targe Aspis Turreos Scutum Gerrhon Pavois Heraldry Subtactics Conclusion Further Reading Index

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