Hod Hill Scale Armor

[Renatus]

Renatus,

Am I to assume based on your answer that the scales in question are in fact not ribbed or most likely not ribbed?

I am going principally upon the photographs. Robinson himself says of the Newstead scales,"Creased somewhat, though probably through burial, the Newstead scales are particularly subject to damage because they are only 1mm thick and quite flat" (p.154). The photograph of the Hod Hill scale shows no sign of a rib, as far as I can see. I suppose, if I were being absolutely accurate, I should have said that the scales "do not appear to be ribbed."