File:Thueros affresco.jpg

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English: Fresco of an ancient Macedonian Greek heavy infantry soldier (thorakitai) wearing mail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC. Photo taken from the Archeological Museum in Istanbul.
According to Livius.org, the painting decorates a funerary stele from Sidon, Lebanon (then under the Seleucid Empire, a Hellenistic successor state to Alexander the Great's empire), for a soldier named Salmamodes of Adada.

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

	Native name	İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi
	Location	Istanbul, Turkey
	Coordinates	41° 00′ 42.01″ N, 28° 58′ 53″ E
	Established	13 June 1892
	Website	Istanbul Archaeology Museum page
	Authority file	: Q636978 VIAF: 157337842 ISNI: 0000000121933019 ULAN: 500300573 LCCN: n82137186 GND: 10004989-8 WorldCat

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