### id258296106 scale armor is efficient and popular > The researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine the age of the armor to between 786 and 543 BCE. It was originally made of about 5,444 smaller scales and 140 larger scales, which together with leather laces and lining weighed between 4 and 5kg. The armor resembles a waistcoat that protects the front of the torso, hips, the sides and the lower back of the body. It can be put on quickly without the help of another person and fits people of different statures. > > "The armor was professionally produced in large numbers," says Patrick Wertmann. With the increasing use of chariots in Middle Eastern warfare, a special armor for horsemen was developed from the 9th century BCE. These armors later became part of the standardized equipment of military forces of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which extended from parts of present-day Iraq to Iran, Syria, Turkey and Egypt. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fprht2x1hg8tz5w1dhg165eg) - [[2,700-Year-Old Leather Armor Proves Technology Transfer Happened in Antiquity via ScienceDaily#id258296106 scale armor is efficient and popular|View in Vault]]