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Maybe dumb question about squamata armor - cilanos - 09-11-2018 Hello everyone, I was looking for a squamata, I found a site selling a reconstruction. However, as seen on the picture below, the scales are "upward." So my - maybe - dumb question: is there a confirmed sense for the scales for the Roman empire? It seems a little bit weird but I definitely don't know enough about the matter to have an opinion on it... So, is it possible? Is it plainly wrong? Thanks for any input https://ibb.co/myUkH9 RE: Maybe dumb question about squamata armor - Robert Vermaat - 09-12-2018 Nice armour. I would say that is lamellar rather than scales. It also looks like armour of the early Mediëval period (6th c. or later?). RE: Maybe dumb question about squamata armor - cilanos - 09-12-2018 It is presented as a Roman armour, inspired by the founds from Carnuntum, so I was curious. And yes, it does look like a lamellar armour, I was a bit uncertain about what it could (or should) be called . _____ Nicolas RE: Maybe dumb question about squamata armor - Gunthamund Hasding - 09-12-2018 if you look in the left corner under it says Lykia Lamelars looks like an Byzantine Armour I saw somewhere but i will have to look where RE: Maybe dumb question about squamata armor - Flavivs Aetivs - 09-12-2018 It's the Carnuntum scale, but reassembled in the wrong direction. RE: Maybe dumb question about squamata armor - Dan Howard - 09-13-2018 I think they were trying to replicate the Carnuntum armour but, as Evan said, they assembled the scales upside down. In addition, the middle pair of holes on the original plates are located closer to the flat edge, rather than the curved edge. The original would also have been stapled to a foundation of linen or felt; the above reconstruction has no foundation at all. RE: Maybe dumb question about squamata armor - cilanos - 09-13-2018 Okay, thank you all for your clarifications