04-23-2014, 06:33 AM
They certainly existed, back to the time of Mittani: http://z8.invisionfree.com/Bronze_Age_Ce...topic=1120
The Scythians, probably contemporary with those depictions had scale armour helmets with the scales imbricated upwards, like those depicted on the helmet bowls. Given the scale context in those depictions, wouldn't surprise me a bit if those were scale helmets. As scale helmets can be heavy, it would make some sense that just the bowls were scaled in the case of these hoplites.
Seems as though most folks believe they were just painted on, though
The Scythians, probably contemporary with those depictions had scale armour helmets with the scales imbricated upwards, like those depicted on the helmet bowls. Given the scale context in those depictions, wouldn't surprise me a bit if those were scale helmets. As scale helmets can be heavy, it would make some sense that just the bowls were scaled in the case of these hoplites.
Seems as though most folks believe they were just painted on, though
Qui sepeliunt capita sua in terra, deos volantes non videbunt.
--Flavius Flav
