04-26-2013, 04:44 PM
Similar kind of helmet is shown on early 7th century David plates.Helmets are covered by some textile cover like Persian used to do long time before Romans adopted it:
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This covering is probably depicted also on Goliath fresco from Bawit:
[attachment=7065]DavidvsGoliathBawit6-7thcent.jpg[/attachment]
And yeat another late antique pyxis with seemingly Carolingian helmet form:
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This covering is probably depicted also on Goliath fresco from Bawit:
[attachment=7065]DavidvsGoliathBawit6-7thcent.jpg[/attachment]
And yeat another late antique pyxis with seemingly Carolingian helmet form: