12-22-2016, 09:11 PM
The two Weisenau type helmets from Ivoševci ,they date to the Flavian period, as it was during that time that the small handles on the neck – guard were first recorded.
The wide neck – guard and the fact that the back part of the calotte is not greatly lowered in relation to the front speaks in favour of dating to the last third of the first century. The remains of a feather holder can still be seen on the calotte of a better preserved example, while two inscriptions are visible on the neck – guard, of which one is punctured while the other was carelessly engraved. From the punctured inscription we learn that the owner of the helmet, Aulus Fuscus, was a member of the century of Claudius Vitalis.
In the other clumsily engraved inscription the name Sulia is visible; this was subsequently confirmed as a Hispanian name – evidence that the helmet had changed owners. The other, more poorly preserved helmet has several inscriptions on the neck – guard, although for now only one can be read which indicates that the owner of the helmet, the Hispanian Caturo, was a member of the century of Virius Martialis.
The wide neck – guard and the fact that the back part of the calotte is not greatly lowered in relation to the front speaks in favour of dating to the last third of the first century. The remains of a feather holder can still be seen on the calotte of a better preserved example, while two inscriptions are visible on the neck – guard, of which one is punctured while the other was carelessly engraved. From the punctured inscription we learn that the owner of the helmet, Aulus Fuscus, was a member of the century of Claudius Vitalis.
In the other clumsily engraved inscription the name Sulia is visible; this was subsequently confirmed as a Hispanian name – evidence that the helmet had changed owners. The other, more poorly preserved helmet has several inscriptions on the neck – guard, although for now only one can be read which indicates that the owner of the helmet, the Hispanian Caturo, was a member of the century of Virius Martialis.
