Lot Essay
For another example with a lightning symbol in relief see no. 15, p. 131 in Merhav, ed., Urartu: a Metalworking Center in the First Millennium B.C..
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE S. BLUMENTHAL
AN URARTIAN BRONZE HELMET
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN URARTIAN BRONZE HELMET
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Formed of hammered sheet, conical in form, tapering to a tall point, the front with a lightning symbol in relief, extending up in a tapering central rib, three horizontal encircling ridges below, with a row of perforations along the edge for attachment of the lining
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) high
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Formed of hammered sheet, conical in form, tapering to a tall point, the front with a lightning symbol in relief, extending up in a tapering central rib, three horizontal encircling ridges below, with a row of perforations along the edge for attachment of the lining
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Axel Guttmann Collection, Part I; Christie's, London, 6 November 2002, lot 11.
Literature
H. Born and U. Seidl, Schutzwaffen aus Assyrien und Uratu: Sammlung Axel Guttman IV, Mainz, 1995, pp. 90, 94 and 107ff, pls. I and IX (AG385).
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