Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Secunda supports the covered iron thorax in the Osprey Greek Hoplite book,and he's saying that purely linen thorakes might have existed as well. HOWEVER,the Vergina cuirass was not covered in linen on the outside. Further more,in the same tomb II in vergina,there were found sets of linothorax fittings alone,which means that there were other cuirasses entirely of perishable matterial. It also means that those thorakes had no other metal protection or even decoration other than some rings,lion heads and medusa heads,that were all golden,like those on the iron thorax. In Vergina museum it says "fitting belonging to a linothorax" and nothing about "attached to a leather thorax", which I agree,it doesn't mean that linen was found in the tomb,but it also means that neither leather was found there.
Khairete
Giannis