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An ancient Greek bronze arm grip (porpax or antilabe) from the interior of a shield (hoplon or aspis), the upper attachment plate is decorated in repoussé with two confronted lions and a small figure holding a spear between them.
Ca. 550 – 450 BC.
The Greek shield was always held by the left arm, protecting not only the hoplite that held it but also the hoplite to the left of him in the phalanx.
Confer: E. Kunze et al., Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, VI. Bericht über die Ausgrabungen in Olympia, (Berlin, 1967), pp. 74-117, pl. 20 (inv. no. B1560).
Formerly in an American private collection.
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