04-21-2013, 08:35 PM
This sandstone relief of the Semitic god Aphlad has been found in or near Dura Europos, 54CE:
[attachment=7009]aphlad.jpg[/attachment]
Note the similarity in style with the divine triad. The Assyrian style boots are now visible.
It would seem to be a kind of padded cuirass, with perhaps a mail or small plates lining.
There also is a statue example in the Iraq Museum, of Assur-bel found in Hatra, with Nikè at his feet, but it seems to have been lost during the looting of the museum. I only know it from Roman Ghirshman's Parthes et Sassanides. It shows a clear representation of a lorica segmentata with hellenising shoulder flaps and pteruges, Iranian torque, and closing on the sides instead of on the chest! Has anyone seen it on the internet?
[attachment=7009]aphlad.jpg[/attachment]
Note the similarity in style with the divine triad. The Assyrian style boots are now visible.
It would seem to be a kind of padded cuirass, with perhaps a mail or small plates lining.
There also is a statue example in the Iraq Museum, of Assur-bel found in Hatra, with Nikè at his feet, but it seems to have been lost during the looting of the museum. I only know it from Roman Ghirshman's Parthes et Sassanides. It shows a clear representation of a lorica segmentata with hellenising shoulder flaps and pteruges, Iranian torque, and closing on the sides instead of on the chest! Has anyone seen it on the internet?
