"Sassanid Globe hats?" Topic

Hi all,

I know I seem to be posting forever about Sassanids, but I have recently got the impression. that the Globe hats on Sassanid infantry are an anacrhonism. I vaguely rember seeing it mentioned here. It didn't bother me before I managed to get a copy of 'Sassanian Armies' by David Nicole, and its conspicious by its absence in McBride's beautiful plates. Were they worn, or was a shorter version than the one often found on figures more likely to be the real case.

Grateful for any comments.

The hats they wore did not look like globes to me. They lookes like the white plastic casulty caps used by many gamers. I saw a modern picture of some Arabs from Oman wearing such hats.

I have seen a WW1 photo of Kurdish irregulars in the Ottoman army wearing them. Of course the photo was black and white so no info on color. they looked like they would have been a natural/neutral felt shade.
I have no idea if they are an anachronism on Sassanids.

They only appear in pre-Mesopottomanian rock-and-spit art, and appear to have been worn only when the opposing Mesolithic Black-Shard cultures used their antiquated hockey stick clubs, but only in an effort to antagonize the Black-Shard Culture goalies.

sigh.

Nigel Tallis has posted on the Ancmed list that the globe hat is a misinterpretation and that the typical Sassanian headware was more like a Phrygian cap.

Damn. Does this mean I have to dump 2 armies'woth of Sassanid lead O_O ?

Yes, Antiokos, dump all that lead. Or, clip those globe-domes and give something more exciting, like anthropomorphic fedoras.

Something about Spring just says "Sassanid!" to me...