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Scale armor reconstruction
#1
Does anyone knows any example of a scale armor that has scales (not necessarily all of them, maybe only some scales in specific location) that have offset points?
Maybe similar to this:
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#2
Do you want to use something like this for shoulder covers? Or for the seam between two sections of scales? On Roman armour?


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#3
Well ... This idea started when I saw the picture of a scale found in an Romanian archaeological site, here in the county of Hunedoara. I have posted about this findings also. A few weeks ago I saw the picture and I was intrigued by the fact that the point was offset at a 2 to 1 ratio. The scale is dated around first century AD and it's supposed to be dacian. The first picture I saw was the scale as it was found, covered in clay and oxidation. The holes pattern wasn't visible and I started to think how the scale was connected. My first idea was a shoulder covering also. A few days ago I have received a picture of the cleaned scale with holes pattern visible enough. I have found analogies with scales from Scythian armor that has the same holes pattern and also sometimes, offset point scales. It makes sense since in this area there was a dacian tribe of Scythian origin. In the time of Burebista (Boroistas, Boroista, Burebistas), this area was inhabited by Scythian tribes that joined the dacian kingdom after Burebista's war with the Celts (Boi and Taurisci tribes).
Sadly I can't post here the picture of the scale since it wasn't published yet and I want to avoid any copyright problems. :roll:
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