Linothorax design/construction

[Sean Manning]

Lets see... where is that armour from- China? Most of the Persepolis and Memphis finds of scales were pretty clearly from conventional scale, but there were a few rectangular oddballs at Memphis with about 5 holes at each short end, or many down one long side. And that does show that you can get a 'coat of plates' with many scales of the same size and shape.

The vase armour and museum armour look quite simular though, though, and we do only have two or three major finds of scales from the Achaemenid era. Laus ad te!