04-05-2013, 12:21 PM
Dan, I am shocked and disappointed. Scale armour my foot!
I think you will find B. Thordeman's book very revealing. I cannot at the moment remember publications about more recent finds in Assyria itself, but rest assured that the peculiar lamellar found on Crete has also been found in Niniveh and other Assyrian sites.
It is this type of armour that the Phoenicians not only introduced on Crete, but also among the Etruscans (Mars of Todi).
I think you will find B. Thordeman's book very revealing. I cannot at the moment remember publications about more recent finds in Assyria itself, but rest assured that the peculiar lamellar found on Crete has also been found in Niniveh and other Assyrian sites.
It is this type of armour that the Phoenicians not only introduced on Crete, but also among the Etruscans (Mars of Todi).
