Vergina Cuirass - Measurements

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I'm assuming this comes from examples found in tombs? Do you have illustrated examples?

None scanned, but there was one bronze example, perfectly preserved, which was dredged up from the Volga, and another iron example found in a rich burial from Prokhrovka.

'Spolades' type Tube-and-yoke corselets are also modified for specific mounted use. The waist-line from which the flexible 'pteryges' hang is raised from waist to diaphragm, and the shoulder pieces/yoke/'epotides' are often narrower, again to allow freer arm movement ( see e.g. the example painted in the tomb of Lyson and Kallikles).

What other evidence do you have for the epomides of cavalry cuirasses being narrower? The L&K epomides certainly aren't very narrow; stubby, but not narrow.

Once the observer knows what to look for, the differences between 'foot' and 'horse' corselets and cuirasses are easily seen. It can be readily seen that the iron cuirass in question from the 'Philip' tomb is not a cavalry cuirass, and as reported by Porporis, is probably difficult to wear mounted.....

Not a specially-designed cavalry cuirass, yes, but it certainly could have been worn on horseback, just like other cuirasses which were probably less than ideal. We see regular-waisted T&Y cuirasses being worn by cavalrymen all the time before the Hellenistic period, and if this cuirass was a metal imitation of an organic prototype, then it very well may have been intended for cavalry use as well.