01-23-2010, 01:14 PM
Quote: it is possible to interpret the figures as wearing Tube-and-Yokes, and the lines as pteryges, it is equally possible to interpret it as a 'Bell' cuirass - note the supposed 'pteryges' are a different colour (the colour of his clothes), thus more likely to be the skirt of his tunic, and the uneven lines, representing folds/pleats. There is no sign of any yoke on any of the figures, and both the black and the white coloured armour are flared out over the hips
The "pteryges" are too low in any case. The white armor may also be the type of simple decorated tunic/armor that is commonly seen on early vases. I am tantalized by the possible T-Y elements in this- as if the artist is unsure exactly how to portray them. Perhaps the conventions in portrayal and even actual construction of the T-Y had yet to emerge. It raises the age old question: which comes first, the yoke or the tube?
Paul M. Bardunias
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