Scale Armor, 8th–3rd century B.C., Subeixi or Scythian, Leather, pigments, H. 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm); W. at shoulders 15 3/4 in. (40 cm), Armor for Man, Not only is this extraordinary armor the best-preserved scale armor from antiquity, but it is also the single known example entirely of leather that survives from such an early period. It consists of a sleeveless garment made of fifty-six rows of hard scales, which are secured by rawhide laces to a soft leather lining
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Scale Armor, 8th–3rd century B.C, Subeixi, Scythian, Leather, pigments, H, 27 3/4, 70.5 cm, W, shoulders 15, 40, Armor, Man, extraordinary armor, best-preserved scale antiquity, single, example entirely, leather, survives, early period, consists, sleeveless garment, fifty-six rows, hard scales, secured, rawhide laces, soft leather, lining
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