Padded Armour

[drsrob]

Hi,

I agree with Aitor: clearly no pteryges. Check out this detail:



I really can't see no indication of scale armour like Drsrob suggested. Maybe he was led by the zig-zag pattern of the lower hem, but this is more an indication of a mailshirt in my opinion.

As I said my conclusion comes from comparing this reliëf with two tombstones:
Vonatorix:


Sextus Valerius Genialis:

All seem to show the same type of armour. And that of Vonatorix clearly has scales. A scalloped lover edge moreover is atypical for 1st century mail-shirts, but very common on scale-shirts of that period.

Wether or not we can see a padded undergarment or a pleated tunic is another question. But is it normal that the pleats at the neck are also repeated at the shoulders and at the lower hem?

Imo we see pteryges at the shoulders and at the hem a scalloped edge.

And now that we've eliminated the less likely, we must end up with the most likely even if it seems absurd. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, the feature under the hamatas of the Arlon relief should be most probably... a quilted subarmalis hock:

Aitor

Not so hasty.... :wink: