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Scale armour from the palace of Apries at Memphis
Petrie 1909: 11: 'Probably of the Persian age is the large quantity of scale armour'.
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Scale armour is typical for Egypt and the Near East, while in Greek and Europe in general body armour was used (large plates of metal or one metal piece covering the whole chest).
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