04-23-2007, 11:34 PM
Quote:Ah, Etruscan. Thanks for the correction. I only knew it was Italian.
So, does that mean the Palmyrene reliefs probably also show linothoraxes as well ? The statue's looks almost identical to the relief armor, IMO, especially if you look at the upper edge of the top row (the neck line) - see, there are two horizontal strips with a narrow gap between them.
~Theo
I have no idea, but I doubt it. Metallic lamellar had been worn in the east for quite some time, and I think that the armour of those statues are probably just an extension of that tradition.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
