COLLECTION OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN SHIELD BOSSES AND FITTINGS NEAR EAST, 1ST MILLENIUM B.C. hammered bronze, all of circular form, three with central raised domes, one with a central embossed star surrounded by raised domes and concentric circles, one with a punched circular border, one intentionally broken in antiquity (6) (13.8cm) Footnote: Provenance: Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Germany The two larger examples collection number R284-290, acquired in Frankfurt am Main in 1988, subsequently at Hermann Historica 13th October 2010, lot 2140