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ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ILLYRIAN BRONZE HELMET
Archaic Period, Circa 6th Century B.C.
Of hammered sheet, with a flaring curved neck-guard, the pointed cheek-guards perforated at the forward tips, with two large raised parallel ridges from front to back across the crown, each with two smaller raised ridges at their outer edges, a raised ridge around the perimeter with perforations around the edge, many preserving rivets, a single perforation centered at the front, perhaps for attachment of a crest, an ancient repair to the front above the perforation
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) high
Archaic Period, Circa 6th Century B.C.
Of hammered sheet, with a flaring curved neck-guard, the pointed cheek-guards perforated at the forward tips, with two large raised parallel ridges from front to back across the crown, each with two smaller raised ridges at their outer edges, a raised ridge around the perimeter with perforations around the edge, many preserving rivets, a single perforation centered at the front, perhaps for attachment of a crest, an ancient repair to the front above the perforation
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Rouch Collection, Germany, 1960s.