Crete: helmets and stuff

[Decebalus]

That looks like the Argos helemt that is with bell cuirass in Nafplion Museum.
Very "Kegel-like". It is probably 7th Century B.C

The reconstruction may well well be a Thessalian from Felena.

What is the source Gioi?

Kind regards

Very interesting helmet. Any idea what those doodads on the sides might be? Attachments for side-plumes or tails, maybe?

This pic of the type found in Ordona (neck guard and cheek guards missing) shows that these attachments could have hold horns and ears of bronze sheet.
These "Kegelhelme" are dated c. 700-675 BC
(H. Born - S. Hansen, Frühgriechische Bronzehelme, Slg. Axel Guttmann Bd. 3, Mainz 1994).

Greets,

Decebalus/Andreas Gagelmann

I think the source is that book that Decebalus post...its not he? :?


I dont have tha source Stefane

Regards.

The horse-head helmet is also said to be found in Ordona.
The photo of it is from: H. Pflug, Griechische Helme geometrischer Zeit, in: Antike Helme (Mainz 1988) but the same photo is also in the above mentioned book by H. Born.
Apart from this there are two more known helmets of this type which bear horse-head crests: one from Ruvo (museo Jatta) and another one in the Ex-Guttmann collection (AG 445) both pictured in the book from Born.

Greets,

Decebalus/Andreas Gagelmann