Metal plate beneath Linothorakes or Spolades

[PMBardunias]

Also, weren't many of the scale reinforcings to the cuirass made on the sides?

There are numerous examples, and maybe even the same number actually, of the T-Y with scales on the front, or only on the abdomen or chest. I wouldn't say they mostly showed up on the side.

Thanks, Scott. I've gone through an obscene number of vases now and I know Scott has too, and one thing I would caution is making too much of the notion that only the right, shieldless, side was reinforced with scales. While it is true that I have not seen only the left side covered with scales, I have seen only the front so covered and the sides plain, and I get the impression that usually when one side was, both sides were. I'd recommend to anyone just browsing the Beazley archives or CVA with any free time you have. I have been amazed at the sheer variability and sometimes oddity of what turns up. For instance it was sheer accident that I noticed the "banded" T-Y above and we recently found evidence of belting the waist.