Scythian-Greek scale armour

[T. Finkas]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118/...s_2_AC.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... 6thBCE.jpg

The first link shows a Skythian with scale armour(in the middle)that looks like a combination of greek and skythian armour.The other is skythian leather scale armour.Sorry,sourse unknown.

Here are the sources:

Eurasian 6th century BC
Leather
L 27.75 inches

Published in Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002
Stuart W. Pyhrr, David J. La Rocca, and Morihiro Ogawa
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Description (abridged):
Sleeveless, 56 rows of hard scales secured by rawhide laces to a soft leather lining. Laces for closure at side of chest and at small of back. Garment extended from shoulders to upper thigh. Not seen in photo is a subsidiary scaled skirt that is sewn to the leather lining at the bottom of the cuirass. This skirt would have spanned down to the knee. Presumed Scythian.

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The second is:

Comb with Battle Scene
Scythian/Greek Style 430-390 BC
Ukraine, Solokha Kurgan

The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

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Cheers,
Tim