03-18-2011, 10:04 PM
The arguement i was fighting against was: "The Asyrians used similar armour,thus the Etruscan version must have been metal,iron or bronze"
If the Etruscans coppied Asyrian armour this seems quite unlikely to me,but it is not something that bothers me much. The people i was reffering to in the previous post were the Skythians,who did use leather scale stitched to the top and bottom,like in the leather cuirass i posted above.
We have a fairly detailed idea by now of what this etruscan armour looked like. Much better idea than the typical greek T-Y. Now the question is what matterial,and if you think that metal can confront the matterial i posted in the previous post,then you have to find some supporting evidence,and to me the Asyrians are too far.
And books and magazines certainly have a too biased idea like you see in the photos.
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The Aphaia archer(Heracles) does indeed have something similar...the only difference seems to be that in all etruscan sculptures,even the statuettes,there is clearly a thread running all along the rows of scales whereas in Heracles there is no indication of stitching.
Khaire
Giannis
If the Etruscans coppied Asyrian armour this seems quite unlikely to me,but it is not something that bothers me much. The people i was reffering to in the previous post were the Skythians,who did use leather scale stitched to the top and bottom,like in the leather cuirass i posted above.
We have a fairly detailed idea by now of what this etruscan armour looked like. Much better idea than the typical greek T-Y. Now the question is what matterial,and if you think that metal can confront the matterial i posted in the previous post,then you have to find some supporting evidence,and to me the Asyrians are too far.
And books and magazines certainly have a too biased idea like you see in the photos.
[attachment=380]1_elephant.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=381]2ad.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=382]websitepics041.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=383]img060.jpg[/attachment]
The Aphaia archer(Heracles) does indeed have something similar...the only difference seems to be that in all etruscan sculptures,even the statuettes,there is clearly a thread running all along the rows of scales whereas in Heracles there is no indication of stitching.
Khaire
Giannis
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax