Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas

[Dan Howard]

Dan & Paullus i take it that your saying if an item is not found so we have a Hard example ,all is speculation ,& that iconographical representations are of little or no value as we have no way of knowing the material used to create the original item shown or whether the artist has stylized whatever he has depicted ,the same then with Ancient literature some writers are perhaps more reliable than others

Iconographial evidence is next to useless since it can always be interpreted multiple ways. There is no point using it at all unless there is supporting evidence from other sources. If you want a classic example of this folly then read D'Amato's book.