Stumbled across this on Google recently: Salt Man 4 (405-380 BCE): computer reconstruction of clothes and accessories. This reconstruction by Aleksei Moskvin provides a much clearer view of many details that might be difficult to interpret for those of us who can only look at the mummy through the odd online photograph. Of note:
- The mummy wears a round cloak similar to those sported by Cappadocians in the Persepolis reliefs, but it's made of animal fur and is fastened with cords at the neck instead of a fibula.
- The tunic is woven in a single cross-shaped piece, including the sleeves, then stitched along the undersides of the sleeves and down the sides of the body. Its neckline is straight, not round, and is quite wide. Its body is also wide and not flared.
- The trousers have a lot of extra fabric between the legs. This makes a lot of sense if you keep in mind that they were developed for riding horses; this cut would ensure that no seams are strained and busted when sitting astride the horse.
- The sash appears to have weights sewn into the ends. Other details throws all my old ideas about how the sash was constructed into doubt.
- The mummy had a pair of small clay pots tied to the belt by cords looped tightly below the rims of the pots' openings.
- A knife in a curved sheath was also tied to the belt, which I had not noticed before, but I'm pleased to see that it's more-or-less in keeping with the way I wore my knife at Marathon 2015 and Plataea.
