12-24-2011, 02:18 AM
The helmet went missing in the 90s and still is.
Here is somewhat corrected translation (still rough) of the helmet related parts:
Sudarev N.I.
Two Roman period findings from the town of Sochi.
Antiquities of the North Caucasus and the Black Sea Region, Moscow, 1991. pp. 143-146
In 1977, in the third branch of the Matsestinskiy collective farm within the boundaries of Greater Sochi, during plowing of a field with a plantation plow, a number of things were found: a helmet, two iron swords, fragments of vessels, etc. In 1990, a helmet and one of the swords were handed over by Vladimir Nikolaevich Pobochniy to the Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Sciences of USSR. The fate of the other findings could not be determined.
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The forged bronze helmet is of great interest (Fig. 2). Its surface is covered with light green patina. The bowl is hemispherical, of a slightly flattened shape, with the left side partially damaged. The front lower edge is slightly bent inwards. In addition, there are cracks in the front, associated with metal corrosion. The height of the bowl is 14 cm, width 22 cm, and length 19.5 cm.
In the front, the helmet is reinforced with a massive bronze peak 1.8 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick, which was permanently riveted to the bowl with three rivets: one in the front, at a distance of 2.5 cm from the bottom edge, and two at the temples. The right rivet is lost. On both sides of the peak, there are also two holes 0.4 cm in diameter for attaching the cheek-guards. The check-guards are missing. However, judging from the traces remaining on the bowl, it may be presupposed that they were made of iron and were lost recently. Above the peak in the front there are two embossed horns or eyebrows raised upward. On the sides, in the bottom part, there are semicircular cut-outs for the ears with protective ear-guards on the top. The right ear-guard is preserved almost completely, whereas only a small part remains from the left.
On the back, there are three rows of ridges. Below them, a semicircular neck-guard is attached to the bowl. Its length is 9 cm, width 21 cm, thickness 0.1 cm. On the bowl side, the neck-guard has two steps: one, the closest to the bowl, continues in a semi-circle around the entire neck-guard; the other consists of two arcs with the ends directed toward the bowl and converging in the center. In addition, there are two rivets preserved on the neck-guard: one on the right edge, the other - in the center. It seems that originally there were three, but one (left) has been lost. They probably were intended to secure a soft lining. There was a plate attached to the center rivet on the inner side, serving, apparently, to secure additional chin straps.
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The helmets of the "imperial-Gallic" type existed from the middle to end of I century AD [11]. Moreover, according to P. Couissin [12], whose opinion was later supported by H. Klumbach [13], bronze helmets are the earliest, while the iron ones come in later. This helmet under discussion here has another feature by which it must be attributed to the early version. According to H. Klumbach the earlier helmets had, as in our case, a sharp transition from crown to a horizontal neck-guard. Over time, this transition becomes more gradual and the neck-guard — sloping [14].
Thus, this helmet from the vicinity of Sochi has been made in the middle - second half of the 1st century AD. Maybe - closer to the middle. Currently it presents the most easterly find of this type of helmet, the only one in our country. Its appearance on the east coast of the Black Sea may be linked to the relocation of some units of the Roman army from the European provinces.
Here is somewhat corrected translation (still rough) of the helmet related parts:
Sudarev N.I.
Two Roman period findings from the town of Sochi.
Antiquities of the North Caucasus and the Black Sea Region, Moscow, 1991. pp. 143-146
In 1977, in the third branch of the Matsestinskiy collective farm within the boundaries of Greater Sochi, during plowing of a field with a plantation plow, a number of things were found: a helmet, two iron swords, fragments of vessels, etc. In 1990, a helmet and one of the swords were handed over by Vladimir Nikolaevich Pobochniy to the Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Sciences of USSR. The fate of the other findings could not be determined.
…
The forged bronze helmet is of great interest (Fig. 2). Its surface is covered with light green patina. The bowl is hemispherical, of a slightly flattened shape, with the left side partially damaged. The front lower edge is slightly bent inwards. In addition, there are cracks in the front, associated with metal corrosion. The height of the bowl is 14 cm, width 22 cm, and length 19.5 cm.
In the front, the helmet is reinforced with a massive bronze peak 1.8 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick, which was permanently riveted to the bowl with three rivets: one in the front, at a distance of 2.5 cm from the bottom edge, and two at the temples. The right rivet is lost. On both sides of the peak, there are also two holes 0.4 cm in diameter for attaching the cheek-guards. The check-guards are missing. However, judging from the traces remaining on the bowl, it may be presupposed that they were made of iron and were lost recently. Above the peak in the front there are two embossed horns or eyebrows raised upward. On the sides, in the bottom part, there are semicircular cut-outs for the ears with protective ear-guards on the top. The right ear-guard is preserved almost completely, whereas only a small part remains from the left.
On the back, there are three rows of ridges. Below them, a semicircular neck-guard is attached to the bowl. Its length is 9 cm, width 21 cm, thickness 0.1 cm. On the bowl side, the neck-guard has two steps: one, the closest to the bowl, continues in a semi-circle around the entire neck-guard; the other consists of two arcs with the ends directed toward the bowl and converging in the center. In addition, there are two rivets preserved on the neck-guard: one on the right edge, the other - in the center. It seems that originally there were three, but one (left) has been lost. They probably were intended to secure a soft lining. There was a plate attached to the center rivet on the inner side, serving, apparently, to secure additional chin straps.
...
The helmets of the "imperial-Gallic" type existed from the middle to end of I century AD [11]. Moreover, according to P. Couissin [12], whose opinion was later supported by H. Klumbach [13], bronze helmets are the earliest, while the iron ones come in later. This helmet under discussion here has another feature by which it must be attributed to the early version. According to H. Klumbach the earlier helmets had, as in our case, a sharp transition from crown to a horizontal neck-guard. Over time, this transition becomes more gradual and the neck-guard — sloping [14].
Thus, this helmet from the vicinity of Sochi has been made in the middle - second half of the 1st century AD. Maybe - closer to the middle. Currently it presents the most easterly find of this type of helmet, the only one in our country. Its appearance on the east coast of the Black Sea may be linked to the relocation of some units of the Roman army from the European provinces.
M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF
quando omni flunkus, mortati
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF
quando omni flunkus, mortati
