03-18-2011, 10:29 AM
Quote:It could be plates of horn, iron, bronze, leather or bubble gum.
Although mastic, a type of chickle-like gum, was well known to the ancient Greeks, I find the last option highly unlikely.
Quote:No where in the ancient world do we see composite armor of leather or fabric to suggest that it's made from hundreds of small squares of such material.
What they are suggesting is that the stitching pattern of a quilted armor looks like a lot of little rectangles. I have seen many Byzantine reconstructions that look like this.
There is a tradition of rawhide scales as well.
Quote:I can't connect the Asyrian armours to 4th century Etruscan cuirasses,to be honest.
The scales separated by bands which secure them seem pretty consistant to me:
[attachment=375]ASSYRIAscale.jpg[/attachment]
Paul M. Bardunias
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