Credit: Rogers Fund, 1904; Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: CC0 1.0
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Comments: Pair of Etruscan bronze greaves. ca. 4th century B.C.
Credit: Eigenes Werk
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...
Comments: Greaves, Corinthian helmet, and spear tip from the tomb of Denda.
From Easton: Greaves - only in 1 Samuel 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, "the shin." They were the Roman cothurni.
