Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
My second point was that if the figure under discussion is wearing mail it does seem to be of the "coat" or haubrek design, rather than seperate attachments, with a fabric or leather thorax on top. This begs the question of why he doesn't seem to be wearing a padded under garment.
If this is taken to be a hauberk, it would be our only evidence for such armour for centuries, and would also be one of the earliest representations of mail of any sort, meaning that they had somehow, very soon after inventing mail, learned how to make full hauberks, and then later either forgot how to do it or simply did not. It all seems very, very unlikely.