12-10-2021, 09:55 PM
Yeah, their only connection to the Assyrians seems to be that in the Bronze Age scale armour is best attested in southwest Asia, that C-14 dating and the style of artefacts in the graves are suggest it was buried between 786 and 543 cal BCE (95.4% probability), and:
That last bit does not seem like a very good argument to me! I am scheduling a blog post on this article.
Quote:In age, construction details and aesthetic appearance its closest parallel is the MET armour. The stylistic correspondence but functional specifics make the two armours appear as outfits for different units of the same army: the Yanghai armour possibly for light cavalry, the MET armour perhaps for heavy infantry. This degree of standardization of military equipment at the time under discussion was a characteristic feature of the Neo-Assyrian forces in the 7th century BCE. With all of the above in mind, we suggest that both leather scale armours were manufactured in the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
That last bit does not seem like a very good argument to me! I am scheduling a blog post on this article.
Nullis in verba
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
