09-13-2021, 11:49 AM
(09-11-2021, 12:15 PM)Feinman Wrote: Damn! I hadn't seen those reconstructions before, and I'm about 1/3 of the way done with a complete linothorax. I think Twining was also used. Happily all is still well. Need more coffee...
I think the remains from masada make a strong case, particularly the carbonised piece (Granger-Taylor 2012) with two clearly definable edges and 3.2cm wide, a diagramic reconstruction of the thread pattern is also provided.
But this is rather different to the simplified reconstruction (which has no scale or measurement) as the original has about 50% more threads in width...
This suggests to me that the reconstruction is over engineered if not oversize...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
