09-16-2015, 04:45 PM
Graham,
Thanks for your reply! I found the reference in your book (I'm assuming you refered to Papyri, BGUVII 1564, Egypt;early second century AD?) - It's a wonderful book BTW, I just recieved it a few days ago and I'm still reading!
I'm going to go with the off-white melton 8.5 oz, which is a fairly light wool. My impression is later 1st century AD in Egypt (Legio III Cyrenaica), so I would *assume* (perhaps dangerously...) that they would wear a lighter weight tunic in Egypt. I'm 67" tall, and the fabric is 40" wide. That puts it just below my knees. Allegedly melton's not supposed to shrink much, and belted (even with an 1" or so of shrinkage) that should put it comfortably a couple inches above my knee. I could play it safer length wise and go with a 44" wide fabric, but both 44" options are more a light "tan" (heather / oatmeal) than "white" and I'm not sure if that would be correct colorwise. I'm planning to go elbow to elbow for width about 36" wide.
Thanks,
Adrian
Thanks for your reply! I found the reference in your book (I'm assuming you refered to Papyri, BGUVII 1564, Egypt;early second century AD?) - It's a wonderful book BTW, I just recieved it a few days ago and I'm still reading!
I'm going to go with the off-white melton 8.5 oz, which is a fairly light wool. My impression is later 1st century AD in Egypt (Legio III Cyrenaica), so I would *assume* (perhaps dangerously...) that they would wear a lighter weight tunic in Egypt. I'm 67" tall, and the fabric is 40" wide. That puts it just below my knees. Allegedly melton's not supposed to shrink much, and belted (even with an 1" or so of shrinkage) that should put it comfortably a couple inches above my knee. I could play it safer length wise and go with a 44" wide fabric, but both 44" options are more a light "tan" (heather / oatmeal) than "white" and I'm not sure if that would be correct colorwise. I'm planning to go elbow to elbow for width about 36" wide.
Thanks,
Adrian
