Linothorax design/construction

[salimbeti]

Thanks, Andrea! Those Linear B corselet reconstructions are almost exaclty what I am describing- big plates in a fabric matrix. I have never seen this, anymore links to information like this would be great.

Haven't metal strips attributed to "lobster armor" been found?

Some of the bronze stripes (look at the pages deicated to the armour) found in several graves in Mycenae, kallythea, etc...and in the thebes arsenal were more likely parts of a segmental armours. (in the same page you can find some hypotetical recontruction)
The small holes around the edges attested as those elements had a substrate of perishble materials and some larger holes were more likely used to joint the plates each others.
Some Achaean pottery representations as well as the linear B simbols/descriptions seems to be compatible with such kind of segmental armours.