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Hello,
Can anyone link me to, or point me in the direction of the earliest know representation of the T-Y corselet in Greek art?
Thanks for any help!
Regards
Steve
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Well, I can put up a candidate.....this one by Exekias c.530 BC give or take a few years.....
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About 525 we also have the Syphnian Treasury which has a mixture of bell cuirasses and T&Y thorakes: [url:349k252l]http://ancient-greece.org/museum/muse-delphi-siphnos.html[/url]
Peter Raftos