01-20-2007, 10:40 AM
I found a photo of a bust of Pyrrhus (Pirro) wearing a similar but more ornate pot helmet. The caption lists it as being in the National Museum in Naples.
The Pyrrhic helmet is a similar pot-helm design with cheek pieces secured by a strap running from the chin along the jaw line to the back of the helm. The carving above has had a lot of wear, and although the vertical carving looks like an upright strap, could it be a cheek piece that has been distorted by weathering?
The Pyrrhic helmet is a similar pot-helm design with cheek pieces secured by a strap running from the chin along the jaw line to the back of the helm. The carving above has had a lot of wear, and although the vertical carving looks like an upright strap, could it be a cheek piece that has been distorted by weathering?
Globuli Non Ludibrii
-- Felix Canus_____
-- Cedric Einarsson
-- Felix Canus_____
-- Cedric Einarsson