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- Rectangular lamellae with holes for lacing one to another with straps or cords first appeared in Assyria in the eighth or seventh century B.C., then spread through central Asia to Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea and finally Japan in the fifth century A.D.
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Lamellar armour was made from leather, bone, stone or in most cases metal. To make lamellar armour, the construction material was first cut into uniform-sized small platelets. When made from metal, pieces were usually lacquered to avoid corrosion and to give the armour a longer life. The pieces were then sewn together in dense formation.
The work includes discussion of the genesis of lamellar armour types – their Oriental origin and their continuance after the 6th century, i.e. the final years of the 6th and the beginning of the 7th century, when lamellar armours were introduced in the Byzantine army and among Germans and Avars as a result of changes in warfare techniques.
View the Lamellar Armour and Helmet in our collection. An excellent example of the method of constructing lamellar armour, and how it works to protect the wearer, demonstrating an armour making technique used across Asia for over a thousand years.
Lamellar armor, constructed of hundreds of small rectangular lamellae of wood, hide, bone, antler, bronze, or iron, has been widely used across Eurasia, from Europe to Japan.
- Hiroshi Kajiwara
Lamelar armour originated from Byzantium and was adopted to a limited degree by the Carolingians. There is some evidence for lamellar being made from horn or leather [DAWSON 2009] :p.62 .
Mar 21, 2024 · Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia, Eastern Asia (especially in China, Japan, Mongolia, and Tibet ), Western Asia, and Eastern Europe. The earliest evidence for lamellar armour comes from sculpted artwork of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BCE) in the Near East.
This article analyses the lamellae discovered in the Tajik village of Kuktoš in the territory of the mediaeval part of the city of Penjikent, published by F.Š. Aminov in Petersburg in 2017 and currently held in archives of the Historical Museum of Ancient Penjikent.
