07-31-2008, 11:07 AM
Plasticlegionary,
You aks about the dating of the helmet --
I don't know why the Kings of the North Sea exhibition catalogue dates it so late -- the original find report puts it at 5th to 7th century and Mahand Vogt suggests 5th to 6th. I would suggest that she is correct as the construction of the helmet most closely resembles ones like St. Vid/Narona III and IV and other very similar non-spiky helmets. the Groningen like the Bheme -Fokke - spiky helm that Sascha shows are river bank finds with no context available.
The latter helm is unlikely to be eighth century either - Vogt puts this, too to the 5th or 6th centuries because of the way it is designed and constructed. There are many other spagenhelms with similar spangens to the Bheme Fokke from the 5th and 6th centuries with much better contexts.
You have to decide who you believe.
Paul
You aks about the dating of the helmet --
I don't know why the Kings of the North Sea exhibition catalogue dates it so late -- the original find report puts it at 5th to 7th century and Mahand Vogt suggests 5th to 6th. I would suggest that she is correct as the construction of the helmet most closely resembles ones like St. Vid/Narona III and IV and other very similar non-spiky helmets. the Groningen like the Bheme -Fokke - spiky helm that Sascha shows are river bank finds with no context available.
The latter helm is unlikely to be eighth century either - Vogt puts this, too to the 5th or 6th centuries because of the way it is designed and constructed. There are many other spagenhelms with similar spangens to the Bheme Fokke from the 5th and 6th centuries with much better contexts.
You have to decide who you believe.
Paul
Paul Mortimer
