Quote Originally Posted by keravnos
How the thureos was held, from a Thraikian tomb,
Well, the grips of the shields shown on the Kazanluk tomb (which seem to be two central loops for a standard grip plus a single larger loop on the top and bottom of the shield) are totally unique when it comes to evidence for the thureos, and when considered along with a few other aspects of these shields, it seems likely that they were not thureoi but a native Thracian development. Almost every other source that shows the thureos being held shows a horizontal grip like that of the Kasr el-Harit shield, which was almost certainly the norm.