Greek Bronze Helmet: Illyrian Type

The helmet is constructed of a single sheet of bronze, with a quadrangular opening for the face, fixed cheek pieces, an angular neck guard, and two raised crest lines with holes at either end for attachment of the crest. Type 3A variant 2.

Ca. 550-480 BC.
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm).
Losses restored in areas at the top, otherwise complete and in good condition.

Confer for similar examples: Thessalonika Archaeological Museum, Greece, inv. nos. 8563, 8564, 8565, 8661, 8680, ; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 2003.407.6; Benaki Museum, Athens, inv. no. 8062; Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachussetts, inv. no. 566; Novo Mesto Museum, Slovenia, from Kapiteljska, Njiva, Grave VII 35 and Kandija, Grave I 23.

Confer: Archaeological Museum of Thessalonika, SINDOS, Katalogos ths ekqeshs, (Thessalonika, 1985).

Formerly in the B. D. collection, New Jersey; W. L. collection, Connecticut; previously in a German private collection.

Inv#: 3962

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