Spartan shield from Pylos. Bronze shield punched through in large letters: "The Athenians from the Lakedaemonians from Pylos" ... Cf. 2000.02.0824 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000
Inscribed.
Found largely complete, but very much bent and chipped.
An oval shield with a narrow rim ornamented with a fine multiple guilloche pattern repousse.
The central part of the shield was apparently ... 7 February 1936
