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Greek helmet weights - Matthew Amt - 11-02-2006
Khairete!
Someone was kind enough to post this link on the Bronze Age Center, Hermann Historica's auction of part of the Axel Guttmann collection.
http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion ... at49_A.txt
The information for each piece includes its WEIGHT!
Corinthian helmets: 1343 g, 1570 g, 1017 g, 1982 g (though heavily encrusted), 951 g, 1067 g
Chalcidian helmets: 921 g, 791 g, 742 g, 694 g, 800 g
Illyrian helmets: 912 g, 955 g
Pilos helmet: 893 g
FASCINATING stuff! Should put a few arguments to rest, though no doubt it will cause a few more.
Enjoy!
Matthew
Re: Greek helmet weights - Comerus Gallus - 11-02-2006
Once was posted by me and Tarby, but because all of them was on Ebay site, the moderators delet it, long ago.
Good to see it back Matt!
Re: Greek helmet weights - hoplite14gr - 11-02-2006
The last one is "attic" not "chakidic".
The weight of the Corinthians aproxiamate the weight of the M-1942 U.S. army helmet while the other approximate the weight of the "chech" design that was used by the Italian, Greek, Polish and Belgian armies at WW2.
Kind regards
Re: Greek helmet weights - Anonymous - 11-04-2006
It's excellent, useful material. Thanks, Matt. Laus.
Re: Greek helmet weights - Ioannis - 11-09-2006
Here's a bronze helmet from a Late Bronze Age (ca. 1400 BC) grave near Knossos, Crete. The holes round the edge indicate that it was originally lined with leather or felt.