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Convex bronze discs, often with punched or incised ornament, were frequently attached to wooden, leather, or bronze shields. Many of the shields found in seventh century B.C. Italic and Etruscan chamber tombs were made for ceremonial or funerary purposes; they were too fragile to have had any practical use in combat.
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Title: Bronze shield boss
Period: Archaic
Date: 7th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: diameter 9 1/8in. (23.2cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number: 18.145.23
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