Although I don't have a problem with the shield staples idea, the evidence is not as clear as the BTH and I can see room for alternate points of view. When we see a boar tusk helmet in art and look at the artifacts it's pretty clear what they are. Plus, they are copper staples, not very sexy to discuss in a museum.
The nearest I came was when the Turkish gov't sent a large group of objects to the Penn Museum last year from their decades long Gordian dig for a wonderful exhibition. I was hoping that it would include some of the hundreds of linen artifacts I know for certain are in storage awaiting examination from the period before and just after Alexander's time. As the Penn Museum has one of the best linen conservators in the world, Molly Gleeson, and she has the technology available to find traces of glue specifically in linen due her work primarily with Mummies I was confident that we'd find something. I was even in contact with a Turkish archaeologist at the Gordian museum pushing him to include the rumored pieces of "linothorax" they have for examination.
Unfortunately no linen came over.
Maybe one day the Turks will publish a good report on the linen, but I'm not holding my breath as they are mad at the US AND Germany at the moment.
(07-13-2017, 11:01 PM)Dan Howard Wrote: Just as soon as you turn up evidence for glued Greek shields or armour.As you know I AM always looking lol.
The nearest I came was when the Turkish gov't sent a large group of objects to the Penn Museum last year from their decades long Gordian dig for a wonderful exhibition. I was hoping that it would include some of the hundreds of linen artifacts I know for certain are in storage awaiting examination from the period before and just after Alexander's time. As the Penn Museum has one of the best linen conservators in the world, Molly Gleeson, and she has the technology available to find traces of glue specifically in linen due her work primarily with Mummies I was confident that we'd find something. I was even in contact with a Turkish archaeologist at the Gordian museum pushing him to include the rumored pieces of "linothorax" they have for examination.
Unfortunately no linen came over.
Maybe one day the Turks will publish a good report on the linen, but I'm not holding my breath as they are mad at the US AND Germany at the moment.
Joe Balmos
