07-01-2007, 08:12 PM
Here's probably what should be the most compelling and irrefutable piece of evidence against the breastplates ever having been intended to sit vertically: the very minimal size of the curve for the neck opening- if you place the breastplates of all the Corbridge Hoard cuirasses with an identical mate, the openings are as follows:
cuirass 1: 6.2cm
cuirass 2: 3.8cm
cuirass 3: 7.85cm
cuirass 4: 4.4cm
cuirass 5: 5.8cm
cuirass 6: 5.4cm
You can see how I got this from these diagrams (cuirasses 6, 2 and 5)
![[Image: Breastplates2.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/Panzerknacker/SPQR/Breastplates2.jpg)
The scales are posted so you can see that each neck opening if the plates are simply butted against one another are less than and barely more than just 5cm. Since the inner edge of the mid collar plates don't increase the size of the neck opening, there's no way to correct for this tiny opening. Only if the plates angle is the opening sufficient for a human neck...
cuirass 1: 6.2cm
cuirass 2: 3.8cm
cuirass 3: 7.85cm
cuirass 4: 4.4cm
cuirass 5: 5.8cm
cuirass 6: 5.4cm
You can see how I got this from these diagrams (cuirasses 6, 2 and 5)
The scales are posted so you can see that each neck opening if the plates are simply butted against one another are less than and barely more than just 5cm. Since the inner edge of the mid collar plates don't increase the size of the neck opening, there's no way to correct for this tiny opening. Only if the plates angle is the opening sufficient for a human neck...
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