Inspired by conversations with John Percival and Proff. Peter Walcott from Cardiff Uni. We worked out that the shield would have to be 30 ft tall to hold all the designs as described in the Illiad.
Also heavily influenced by the various Archaic sites we visited.
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| Originating from the Archaic site at Smyrna, north of Izmir, from on top of the tepe.
Then the famous crippled god created there a pasture in a lovely valley bottom,
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| Originating from the site at Teos by Sefherisa, close to Izmir. |
Two scouts were stationed some distance from that army,
waiting to catch sight of sheep and short horned cattle.
Then he set on the shield a herd of straight horned cattle,
with cows crafted out of gold and tin.
They were lowing as they hurried out from farm to pasture land,
beside a rippling river lined with waving reeds.
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| Simple herdsman. |
the herdsmen walking with the cattle, four of them,
were also made of gold.
Nine swift footed dogs ran on behind.
Link to the larger Istanbul site:
http://whitemoustachestreet.blogspot.co.uk/
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