Maille During the Time of Darius I

[Lepidina]

You should be able to link to a colour version of the above photo on their website. I've talked to a few people who reckon that it is much later than that. Personally I don't know. It seems to be in too good a condition to be as old as initially claimed. It certainly doesn't look like tghe scale armour in Scythian illustrations - most are fashioned in the Greek "linothorax" style.

If it helps I've written a brief essay outlining the differences in terminology and why Victorian texts used the word "mail" to describe all metal armour.
http://www.knightsofveritas.org/materia ... ngmail.pdf

Ugh, I can't seem to find the image on the MET website. I'll still have to contact them and ask their permission to use the image, which shouldn't be a problem.

I'll definitely have to read your article. I thought that "mail" was generic for armor to begin with. The Victorians seemed to do a lot of generic labeling as you tend to find that any non-woven textile is labeled as just "knitting".