09-21-2007, 10:17 AM
Quote:Quote:If Andrea is correct in his interpretation then he has just presented us with a precedent for what I have been describing
...one man's rather dubious interpretation of a Linear 'B' character that could be anything ? That is pretty thin, as evidence goes !
As well expained in the already linked web page the interpretation is not only based on the character design but also on the other elements described in the linear B tablet associated with this simbol.
So it seems that the simbol can't be anything!!! but very likely it represent a cuirass reinforced with bronze elements.
The corselet reconstruction drawing is of course only hypothetical but if we compared the Linear B descriptions with the plates found in some graves (more likely interpretated as bronze protections of corselet wich based on the very few remains found in some of the plates were made of linen stiched with thread made of goat hairs) it is probably not so dubious!!
Even if of course the general shape or design could have been different.
But I agree that this hypothetical even if fully reasonable bronze age defence not necessarly is a proof that the linothorax used in the classical age could have had metal reinforcements stiched or placed inside the linen layer and I don't have any evicence of that.
