11-01-2016, 01:08 PM
(11-01-2016, 12:42 PM)JaM Wrote: if its leather, why using two leather belts around it? plus, below the lower one, are perforated ornaments. not something you would wanna do to the leather armor i guess..
Belts are a plus with the spolas because that tie-down on the left is a weak point. We see belts sometimes t-ys on much earlier vases. By cinching the belt you can keep the weight of the armor on your hips rather than hanging from the shoulders. As to the incisions, if they are not just artistic for the casting, they could represent patterns hammered into the leather. This is how we generally decorate leather today, but I do not know if the Greeks did so extensively. By the way, this could be a thick textile tube just as easily, so I don't consider this evidence in that debate.
