Amorites
The Amorites dominated mesopotamia from about 1900-1600 BCE. The
DBA book lists the Later Amorites as 1894-1595 BCE. The Amorites
were a Semetic people, sometimes called Canaanites in the Bible,
although they were ethnically distinct from the Canaanites. They
brought their god Marduk to Babylon and held influence there until the
rule of Hammurabi.
The Amorites compiled the version of the story of Gilgamesh familiar
today. The arrival of the Hittites marks the end of their
dominance in Babylon. They were eventually absorbed by the
Hebrews, Syrians, and Canaanites
(N.B. the DBA Syrio-Cananite list begins in 1595) and by 1000 BCE the
word "Amurru" simply refered to the region
containing parts of Syria and all of Palestine and Phonecia.
The army consists of a LCh or Bow general, 4 Bd, up to 4 Aux, up to 3
Ps, and optionally 1 Hd.
I have two extra Egyptian chariots which serve in various ancient
armies. I decided to focus on the Bd, Ax, and Ps. I decided
to depict them as bearded, with white headbands (typical of ancient
Syrians as well), linen kilts, and hide shields. The Blades are
armed with kopeshes and axes. The Auxilia are armed with spears.
The Psiloi are armed with bows and daggers. The Blades could
carry javelins as well but I did not put any on my blades to help
distinguish them from spear-armed Auxilia.
The blades and auxilia are all made from Atlantic Egyptians.
Their hats have been trimmed. The vertical stripes suggest
curls. The figure with his sword aloft had to have hair
added. Their swords were melted slightly with a lighter and
pinched into a shape more suggestive of a sickle sword. For some
reason, many of the Atlantic Egyptians had straight swords. They
also had their shields trimmed into squares in many cases.
The Auxiilia had their hats and shields trimmed, and beards added with
paint. The shields look rather small to me and I may eventually
add new ones.
The Psiloi are made from Egyptians and Imex Sioux. The Sioux had
their chest armor and hair trimmed. The Egyptian just had a beard
and headband painted on.
