Leather Cuirass

[hoplite14gr]

I'm not saying I have a piece of evidence that the spolas looked like this,nor that this illustration is particularly accurate(sarissas without butt spike?),but this artist's interpretation of the spolas in interesting.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... charge.jpg

There is no mention of the spolas being worn by phalangites. There is debate over an item called the kotthubos in the Amphipolis code. Some think it is a drinking cup, others a leather jerkin (based on some analogous words for jerkins, IIRC). I think that is what the artist has tried to represent here (though, as you say, much of this image is inaccurate).

Gianni this item is probably drawn, probably base on from a 5th century lekethos in the National Museum in Athens that shows a "thick overgament" on achiton.
I feel it was ancient artists error and modern artistw liberal interpretation.
The cylix that you poste on page 9 probaly shows a warrior with animal skin on the left but as I posted before this cannot be a spollas byt rather a "LEONTI"

Spolas,perizoma or just plain new fashion tunic?
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... porpax.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... partur.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... Munich.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... LINGER.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... gr/GR8.jpg

Probably heavy wollen tunic, although N. Sekunda interprets it as spollas.

The far left warrior in the chakidic psyctra that Gioi posted carries a spollas(???) or a very archaic form of scale armor(????).
Very ambiguous in my opinion.

The vase Gioi posted in page 8 is "F 1904 in Berlin Museum" was painted painted by Exekias and the any say the dead warrior is carrying spolas and that also a
spollas appears under the carrier's armor. Very subjective in my opinion-I am not convinced.

Reference for this please:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... LINGER.jpg

Kind regards