Glued Linen Armour- a simple test

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Another mention of linen by Herodotus belongs to foreign troops,the Assyrians:

The Assyrians in the army wore on their heads helmets of twisted bronze made in an outlandish fashion not easy to describe. They carried shields and spears and daggers of Egyptian fashion, and also wooden clubs studded with iron, and they wore linen breastplates. They are called by the Greeks Syrians, but the foreigners called them Assyrians. With them were the Chaldeans. Their commander was Otaspes son of Artachaees. (Hdt. 7.63.1)

Note that Herodotus doesn't get in the trouble of explaining their form,like he did for their bronze helmets and like Xenophon about the Chalybes in the Anabasis. Is this indication that they were nothing strange but had the t & y form known by Anatolians and Persians? Who knows!
Khairete
Giannis