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Nubian mercenary in Ptolemaic army - gie - 02-12-2006 This is figure 104 from Seleucid and Ptolemaic Reformed Armies Volume 2: The Ptolemaic Army by Nick Sekunda The description of this sculpture is: Nubian cavalryman from fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hangburg( see Donald. M. Bailey, Minerva, May/June 95. Gaulish and Nubian Mercenaries in Ptolemaic Egypt p. 37) This warrior seams herring a scale or mail armor or is it another type of armor(possible quilted)?. It is possible that this warrior is herring a captured ,mail or scale, armor , or it is common practice. In this case does any native Ptolemaic troops should also hear it. Does anyone has the May/June 95. number of Minerva periodical. Could some one help me with more information on this sculpture? Any information is highly appreciated. Re: Nubian mercenary in Ptolemaic army - Arthes - 03-05-2006 Greetings, I don't really know...but that looks like a Machemoi (Egyptian Phalanx) costume, so that is possibly quilting....(looking at Total War Ptolemaioi :wink: ) regards Arthes Re: Nubian mercenary in Ptolemaic army - hoplite14gr - 03-06-2006 Machemi means capable for combat service in Greek. The Armor is interesting it could be either bronze scales or horn. The wapon also -the doulbe axe-is worth noting. Kind regards |