Sassanian body armour - cuirass

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I have read some text sources stating that they wear "breastplates" (with no further information as to the type of breastplate) as well. Unfortunately can't remember where I read them though! They were quotes from ancient sources.

You'd better check the original text. Usually the only word you'll find is lorica which is just a general term for armour. It could mean "breastplate" but it could also mean any other kind of armour worn at the time.

Just thought I ought to follow this point up. I found Bivar's "Cavalry equipment and tactics on the Euphrates frontier." You are right, the words it give are "lorikion" and "jowshan."

I am not sure of the word "lorikion," but at least "jowshan" to me does not imply any particular type of armour. There are depictions from the later part of the empire showing lamellar, and lamellae were found in Kasr-e-Abu Nasr.