Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Roman Leather Lamellae Scales from Karanis, Egypt
#56
The Karanis armour is very much like what I characterise as the "Assyrian-Etruscan group", albeit simplified to exploit the less demanding qualities of leather relative to metal. It could just as easily be for man or horse. Without detailed excavation notes, no strong guess can be made from the fragments.
Social History and Material Culture of the Enduring Roman Empire.

http://www.levantia.com.au
Reply


Messages In This Thread
Roman Leather Lamellae Scales from Karanis, Egypt - by Timothy Dawson - 02-08-2014, 04:32 PM

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Intact Roman vexillum from Egypt DECIMvS MERCATIvS VARIANvS 36 10,390 03-10-2014, 08:57 PM
Last Post: Titvs Statilivs Castvs
  Roman Shield from Didymoi fort ( Egypt) - III AD lucius Gellius cuniculus 7 2,888 04-03-2013, 02:52 PM
Last Post: Gaius Julius Caesar
  Roman army in Egypt germanslinger37 6 2,651 02-04-2009, 04:35 AM
Last Post: germanslinger37

Forum Jump: