Maille During the Time of Darius I

[Lepidina]

Here's the quotation about the "coat of mail"

“One coat of mail, insignum of power which will protect, is to be made by the woman Mupagalgagitum, daughter of Qarikhiya, for Shamash-iddin, son of Rimut. She will deliver in the month of Shebat one coat of mail, which is to be made and which will protect.”

Taken from clay tablet dated in the thirty-fourth year Darius I (488 B.C.)

Translations are rarely of any use. What language is the original in and what word is used? I'm guessing that it is just a generic term for "armor"

Dude, I don't know. I"m just the editor for the lesson. The way this project has been going, I was just happy the writer used "suit of mail" instead of "chainmail". :mrgreen: