Armor Scales

Unknown

589–570 B.C. · Bronze or copper alloy; iron · Egyptian Art

Discovered in the Palace of Apries at Memphis, these pieces of scale armor may have been used for gauntlets. In five cases, scales of copper alloy were adhering to iron scales, as if armor of both materials had lain against one another.

Artist

Unknown

Date

589–570 B.C.

Medium

Bronze or copper alloy; iron

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of The Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1909