South Cadbury shield
This Yetholm-type shield is 66 cm in diameter and less than 1 mm thick. It is decorated with over 6,000 individually-stamped bosses. The metal is too thin for the shield to have been used in battle. Instead it served as a symbol of the ownerês importance. The shield dates from the period 1350-1150 BC.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 110/1998/1
- Collection Class
- Prehistory
- Material
- metal, bronze
- Common Name
- South Cadbury shield
- Simple Name
- shield
- Period Classification
- Bronze Age (2500-700 BC)
- Production Date
- 1350-1150 BC
