Shield, Archaeological Museum of Sparta, Greece

Bronze votive Herzsprung shield, with embossed decoration of concentric circles and acute angles, c. 700 BC, found at Delphi, in the Archaeological Museum of Sparta, Laconia, Greece. Sparta was a powerful military city-state throughout the Greek ancient and classical periods, and was later inhabited by the Romans and Byzantines. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Acute Angles Arheologiko Byzantines Circles City-state Concentric Delphi Embossed Hellenic Herzsprung Inhabited Lacedaemon Laconia Lakedaimon Lakonia Metalwork Moussio Peloponnese Peloponnisos Periods Sparta Spartan Sparti Spartiate Throughout Votive

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