Crete: helmets and stuff

[Gaius Decius Aquilius]

The helmet that you email me if Great!....PS: I guess is a third helmet of this type he?

& that serpent look more like a draco! :lol: ... I guess I know now where the later draco comefrom....the cuirass has the same one...

Gioi

There are four of this type in Hoffman. Since H. was published in 1975, there is a possibility that more are known, but not published, or not well publicized. There is mention of several fragments, possibly of Cretan workmanship, found on the mainland.

There is one, the most widely known Insular, also published in Hoffmann. Two more are known, as previously mentioned above.

One of the helmets looks, at fist glance, like a mid 3rd century Roman type, complete with embossed ears, and closing over the chin. The skull is missing. From Dreros.

I will ask the Moderators... Can we scan and post from a publication if we give the full citation? Or will we rot in Hell because of it, and get in trouble besides?

Ralph Izard