04-05-2013, 02:14 PM
Theo,
Good point. As I said, the armour is tailored. The knotted belts (of a type already seen in this area in the Achaemenid period) do not bent the armour, they rest snugly on the hips. The armour tapers towards the middle and then flares out like a coffee-filter, to give its user freedom of movement and enough room to sit on a horse (see the thread about Sarmatian armour). That is why the pteruges look so odd, they were hanging at an angle.
Good point. As I said, the armour is tailored. The knotted belts (of a type already seen in this area in the Achaemenid period) do not bent the armour, they rest snugly on the hips. The armour tapers towards the middle and then flares out like a coffee-filter, to give its user freedom of movement and enough room to sit on a horse (see the thread about Sarmatian armour). That is why the pteruges look so odd, they were hanging at an angle.
