# Expanding Ekphrasis to the Broader Field of Mnemotechny: or How the Shield of Achilles Relates to a Towel, Car, and Water Buffalo

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Here are a few other very early examples prior to or around the time of the _Iliad_:

- Enkidu funerary statue in Gilgamesh
- Jason’s mantle in Argonautica
- Tabernacle description in book of Exodus chapters 25–27 and 35–40

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