04-08-2013, 01:36 PM
Quote:A few points:I'd love to see this.
1- the earliest identifiable lamellar occurs in the fourteenth century BC in Egypt.
Quote:2- Not all lamellar is completely devoid of a backing (see my various publications on middle Byzantine lamellar for example) and not all scale has a backing (e.g. the sample of wire tied "semi-rigid" scale armour from Carnuntum posted in this thread.)Depends on how you define scale and lamellar. Which definitions do you use?
Quote:4- The Mars of Todi armour is lamellar. There are other Etruscan examples.Or scale. 1) depends on how you define scale and lmallar. 2) you can't tell how something is constructed just by looking at a sculpure.
Quote:5- Assyrian reliefs show lamellar of very similar appearanceOr scale, see above.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books