05-02-2013, 07:48 PM
Richard Robinson wrote:
However, to recap, the reason for posting the fb link, is the way that the midriff seems to show a) rounded ends on the plates and b) the plates changing direction if the first supposition is correct.
I had not seen that, that is to say, the rounded ends on the plates, I thought what I saw was the changing of direction of the lacing. Perhaps you've got a better picture.
Dan Howard wrote:
There was recent thread with another sculpture with similar shoulder flaps. Both were fastened at one point in the middle of the chest like this one.
It is also suggested by some Scythian and Sarmatian depictions of warriors. The Soviet archeologists have in fact found a Scythian armour with a single bronze Medusa face on the chest that, according to them, was used to fasten both shoulder flaps.
However, to recap, the reason for posting the fb link, is the way that the midriff seems to show a) rounded ends on the plates and b) the plates changing direction if the first supposition is correct.
I had not seen that, that is to say, the rounded ends on the plates, I thought what I saw was the changing of direction of the lacing. Perhaps you've got a better picture.
Dan Howard wrote:
There was recent thread with another sculpture with similar shoulder flaps. Both were fastened at one point in the middle of the chest like this one.
It is also suggested by some Scythian and Sarmatian depictions of warriors. The Soviet archeologists have in fact found a Scythian armour with a single bronze Medusa face on the chest that, according to them, was used to fasten both shoulder flaps.
