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Sassanian body armour - cuirass
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I thought I ought to report back on some findings.

I re-examined the rock reliefs at Firuzabad closely. Ardavan is wearing what looks like a muscle cuirass without the abs - you can see the outlines of the chest, and a ridge or groove running from the bottom of the chest to the bottom of the cuirass.

A muscle cuirass may be depicted on the gem showing Shapur and Valerian. The exact nature of Shapur's armour is debated but most Iranologists I have spoken to are of the opinion that it is a muscle cuirass.

On the legs:

It seems that Sasanian leg armour was a very different beast to that found at Ai Khanom. It was made up of two pieces with a round knee cop. There also was an element of interchangeability - banded cuisses could be worn with banded or Greek-style greaves, and banded greaves could be worn with banded or scale/lamellar cuisses.

I will be writing all this up in due time Cool
Nadeem Ahmad

Eran ud Turan - reconstructing the Iranian and Indian world between Alexander and Islam
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Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Nadeem - 09-12-2011, 10:33 PM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Nadeem - 09-13-2011, 12:59 AM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Alanus - 09-13-2011, 09:24 AM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Nadeem - 09-13-2011, 01:40 PM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Renatus - 09-15-2011, 03:25 PM
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Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Nadeem - 09-29-2011, 05:47 AM
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Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Nadeem - 10-02-2011, 02:48 PM
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Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Renatus - 10-11-2011, 03:14 AM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Nadeem - 10-11-2011, 03:52 AM
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Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Nadeem - 10-18-2011, 06:06 PM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Roach - 10-18-2011, 07:22 PM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Renatus - 10-18-2011, 10:34 PM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Roach - 10-18-2011, 10:40 PM
Re: Sassanian body armour - cuirass - by Renatus - 10-19-2011, 01:51 AM
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